PSY 3109 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences, Attribution Bias, Positive Illusions
1 Feb 2020
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Zuckerburg: desire to be the best among all the good people at harvard demonstrates need for competence - want to feel accomplished and smart. Appears early in human development >> evolutionary, helps humans grow/adapt/learn. Competent people have healthier habits and better mental health. Competency is only relevant and motivating when autonomy/control is involved (i. e. you"re in charge of the success) Competence need present in all cultures, but different interpretations of what it means. Individual level of achievement motivation, type of goals differ (learning vs performance/trying to prove self), competency source as innate or learned, self-perception of competence. 4 combinations of high/low for learning vs performance goals. Approach vs avoidance goals (in addition to learning vs performance) 2x2 goal taxonomy, elliot = 4 goal orientations: Performance-approach goals, performance-avoidance goals, learning-approach goals, and learning-avoidance goals . Learning approach goals = most beneficial (x performance-avoidance) Belief that intelligence is fixed vs can be changed.
