PSYC 2230 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Cognitive Map, Reflection Mapping, Cognitive Model

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2230
• Professor: Pauline Charlton

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Chapter 8 cognitive motivation; expectancy-value approaches: cognition intellectual or perceptual processes occurring within us when we analyze and interpret both the world around us and our own thoughts and actions. Information processing is used in connection with the concept of cognition. Six dimensions of well being: self acceptance, positive relation to others, autonomy, environmental mastery, purpose in life, personal growths. Five validated source of self-esteem: secure attachment to interpersonal relationships, positive appraisals of how others see you, positive social comparison, competent evaluation, positive social identities. Self-(cid:396)egulatio(cid:374) i(cid:374)(cid:448)ol(cid:448)es the pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)"s (cid:373)eta(cid:272)og(cid:374)iti(cid:448)e (cid:373)o(cid:374)ito(cid:396)i(cid:374)g of ho(cid:449) his/he(cid:396) goal-setting progress is going: triangle: performance self reflection (self monitoring, self-evaluating) forethought (goal setting, implementation intentions) Developing more competent self-regulation: acquiring a greater capacity for more effective self-(cid:396)egulatio(cid:374) i(cid:374)(cid:272)(cid:396)eases the self"s (cid:272)apa(cid:272)ity to (cid:272)a(cid:396)(cid:396)y out the goal-setti(cid:374)g p(cid:396)o(cid:272)ess o(cid:374) o(cid:374)e"s o(cid:449)(cid:374). Tol(cid:373)a(cid:374)"s pu(cid:396)posi(cid:448)e beha(cid:448)io(cid:396: according to tolman, behavior is molar something to be studies as a whole and not reduced to its component parts.