PSYC 471 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: The Globe And Mail, Lung Cancer, Motivation
15 Feb 2018
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Toronto globe and mail story: i got fed up with wasting my time treating people with smoking-related diseases. People who continue to smoke are obviously not interested in maintaining her health : the woman who needed to get lung surgery then smoked a week later! This is all extrinsic motivation: these people are helpless are they really good at following through with difficult things, it isn"t easy to quit smoking. Nicotine is very addictive: we know that with goals that are this hard autonomy is important . Study 3: diabetes management: diabetes hard to control you really need a doctor to monitor you, perception of aut. Support autonomous reasons better glucose control. How the health care staff is with the patient affects the way they approach their monitoring! Review: motivation plays an important role in health settings, better outcomes. Worst thing is if patients stop going to see doctors because they"re scared of being criticized or yelled at.
