CheckPoint: Motivation Theories Samantha J. Horn PSY/230 11 May 2012 Diane Pascoe Motivation Theories When speaking of motivation there are three main views that are discussed: Psychoanalytic, Humanistic, and Diversity; each possessing its own unique characteristics. I favor the diversity view the most because it allows for flexibility. Humans are diverse, and all are different in unique ways. The diversity view argues that humans do things and are motivated by different things. Some may be motivated by money or power, while others are motivated by emotion and well-being.
I feel that the sources used are important and they contribute to the greater message that the writers are trying to get across. The review itself can be broken down into three parts, but is not considered as too broad. The first part is the question of will people admit to their wrongdoings at all. The second part is, if in fact they do admit guilt, will they fully admit or partially admit to make themselves feel better about what they’ve done. The third part is if partially admitting guilt, will this make them feel better or worse than not admitting guilt at all.
However, both characters’ temperament is rather similar in some ways both being somewhat craven without being hardly virile. Both stories have their pros and cons like everything else, yet they both center around the effect technology can have on the real, outside world. I personally felt that Bradbury’s story was more interesting than Skurzynski’s story. I found his concept that the slightest thing in the past might tremendously change the future causing a chain-reaction that, in the book, can be a ghastly one to be an intriguing idea. This story left me interested in Bradbury’s concept and wishing that the story had gone on longer.
As for the procedures in the article itself, there seems to be an over-reliance on anecdotal evidence, with the argument being supported with stories about one person or with hypothetical situation. There is a distinct lack of hard data, but as the author acknowledges that there is a need for more empirical research, this should not necessarily be taken against her. Furthermore, this article is a part of a mini-series dealing with this topic and
Although a controversial topic, a common ground has been found on defining and measuring intellectual power, however there is not a precise definition accepted by all in the field of psychology. ”At a conceptual level, most psychologists agree that intelligence includes the ability to reason abstractly, the ability to profit from experience, and the ability to adapt to varying environmental contexts. Consequently, most tests of intelligence include tasks that require examinees to use these abilities. Still, most of us have a greatly inflated notion of the permanence or importance of an IQ score” (Bee & Boyd, 2012). In this paper, I will discuss the IQ test, as well as other tests, used for measuring intellectual power and the effect intellectual power may have on future learning ability.
I have always thought I was more likely to use my feelings to make decisions rather than what my head tells me – but this assessment says otherwise. I have always been known as an extrovert, so for the assessment report to state that I “tend to focus on the outer world of people and activity” – validates the thoughts I have about myself. I believe these Career Assessments were very informative. The list of most popular and least popular occupations for each type is, in my opinion, the most helpful information in the entire report. As I previously mentioned, I am not certain on what I want to do for a career so the fact that the report disclosed a few job families and occupations that suit my type the best, was very
PSY.270 2/14/14 - Substance Abuse Checkpoint There was a slight difficulty evaluating the responses of discussion question 2. In a collaborative environment with different levels of understanding and diversity of personalities; you will almost never get the same response over even one topic. I find this intriguing but digress it also leads to the reason I follow Freud’s theories most. Sigmund’s professional and personal opinions on psycho dynamics are one of the broadest spectrum of study. This gives a sense of leniency to cover all basics within the understanding of one area rather than having to dig through each psychological perspective before making any professional decision.
Many may believe that developmental and personality disorders are the same thing but the truth is they aren’t. What are the differences might you ask, well they are similar but there are quite a few things that set them apart. The main focus of Carey’s article is how the younger generation is
On the other hand, Tannen believes that there are not always two sides to everything. People may agree, disagree, or feel a happy medium between two ideas. In my opinion, Deborah Tannen is right about this argument epidemic and the importance of it, but I also think there are situations in which arguing is necessary.
“Is talk Cheap” “Don’t believe everything you hear of read”, a common quote to help us pick truth out of information. Information is available to us in many forms, like television, internet, radio, newspapers, books and so on. But before accepting certain types of information we are constantly bombarded with, it comes down to the individuals’ beliefs and perception of processing that information. Humans like to be right, the feeling of being right, so anything that is in likeness to their beliefs distort factual thinking. Some humans don’t like to think thoroughly and the brain snaps to the more suggestive decision making process…information more suited to our liking.