PSYC14H3 Chapter 8: Motivation

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Chapter8:Motivation

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MotivationsforSelfEnhancementandSelfEsteem

● Selfenhancement:motivationtoview

oneselfpositively

● Researchfoundthatpplhavehighneedto

viewthemselvespositively

● Selfesteem:positivityofyouroverall

evaluationofyourself

○ Whenpplaskedtocompletea

selfesteemmeasure,vastmajority

arefoundtohavehighselfesteem

● Selfservingbiases→tendenciesforpplto

exaggeratehowgoodtheythinktheyare

○ Onereasonforthisisbcpplare

motivatedtoviewthemselves

positively

● Downwardsocialcomparison:comparing

yourperformancewiththeperformanceof

someonewhoisdoingevenworsethanyou

○ Createafavourablecomparison

thatcastsourownperformanceina

positivelight

● Upwardsocialcomparison:compareour

performancewithsomeonewhoisdoing

betterthanweare

● Compensatoryselfenhancement

○Example:acknowledgethebad

gradeyougotinclassbutstartto

thinkaboutyourexcellent

clarinetplayingskills

○ Compensateforthepainofyour

failurethenselfenhance

● Discounting:reducingtheperceived

importanceofthedomaininwhichyou

performedpoorly

● Externalattribution:pplattributethecauseof

theiractionstosomethingoutside

themselves

● Internalattribution:ppllocatethecause

withinourselves

● Baskinginthereflectedgloryofasuccessful

grouptowhichwebelong

○ emphasizeourconnectionto

successfullyperformingothersand

feelbetteraboutourselvesby

sharininthewarmglowofthe

others’success

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MotivationsforFaceandSelfImprovement`

● Face→amountofsocialvalueothersgive

youifyouliveuptothestandardsassociated

withyourposition

○ Higheryoursocialpositions,greater

theamountoffaceavailabletoyou

○ Canbesharedbygroups

○ Moreeasilylostthangained→

difficulttoenhance

○ Faceislostwhenindvsfailtolive

uptothestandardsoftheirroles

○ Vulnerable

○ Pplneedtocountonothersto

maintaintheirface

● Preventionorientation:defensive,cautious

approachtonotlosingsomething

○ Tryingtoavoidbadthings

● Promotionorientation:concernover

advancingoneselfandaspiringforgains

○ Tryingtosecuregoodthings

● STUDY

○ Canadiansmaintainingapromotion

focus,weremoreinterestedin

workingonthingstheydidwell

■ Moreopportunitiestoview

themselvespositively

○ Japanesemaintainedaprevention

focus→moreinterestedinworking

onthingsthedidpoorly

■ Canimproveandbelikely

tonotfailinthefuture 

● Selfimprovementmotivation→desireto

seekoutpotentialweaknessesandworkon

correctingthem

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