PSYC 3420H Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Organismic Theory, Motivation, Predicable
24 Jun 2015
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Chapter outline: psychological needs, autonomy, competence, relatedness, social contexts that support psychological needs. Lecture outline: when an activity involves our psychological needs, we feel interest. When an activity satisfies our psychological needs, we feel enjoyment. Inherent source of motivation that generates the desire to interact with the o environment so as to advance personal growth, social development and psychological well being: organismic approach to motivation, these needs are referred to organismic psychological needs. Derived from the term organism, which is an entity that is alive and in active exchange with its environment. Survival of the organism is dependent on its environment for its needs, such as food and water, social support and intellectual stimulation. Organisms need resources to adapt to their environments, as well as to grow and recognize their potentials. Need to learn to substitute a new response for a previously successful but now outdated one as a function of environmental transactions.
