PSYC 3480 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Cognitive Evaluation Theory, Social Cognitive Theory, Transtheoretical Model

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3480
• Professor: Anneke Olthof

Document Summary

Motivation - reasons why you do the things you do. The behavioural approach to understanding motivation focuses on conditioning, or learning from the environment. Watson and skinner, believed that learning from the environment, not personality or free will, determined people"s actions. In operant conditioning, the athlete/exerciser associates behaviours with consequences that are learned though coincidental reinforcement. Cognitive approach emphasized the role of thought patterns and cognitive habits as determinants of behaviour. In contrast to the behavioural approach, in the cognitive approach the individual is viewedas an active participant such that it is his or her interpretation of the external environment. Cognitive-behavioural approaches to understanding motivated behaviour are based on two central tenets: (1) our cognitions influence our emotions and behaviour, and (2) our behaviour can affect our thought patterns and emotions. Cognitive-behavioural approaches, including self-monitoring, goal setting, feedback, and decision making. Emerged as framework to understand how individuals initiate and adopt regular physical activity.