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Psychology
Undergraduate 4
04/05/2014

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Cognitive Prospective of Motivation :
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Motivation for goals is maintained by our ability to imagine those goals before they happen.
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in the cognitive prospective how are images?
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o Images are internal representations or description of external event.
• Not necessarily a picture or exact copy of stimulus
• Can exist at conscious or unconscious level
• Help to initiate and guide behavior
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motivational states can be broken down into the following components:
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physiological, learned, and cognitive
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• If goal is present:
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efferance copy =
unconscious images used when the motivated behavior literally produces the goal
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efferance copy guides behavior by:
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• imagine sensory consequences of an action (imagined stimulus)
• Action guided by difference btw imagined stimulus and actual stimulus (produced by behavior)
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efferance copy type of feedback
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negative feedback loop: goal, once achieved behavior is turned off. You are motivated to continue action until the difference btw the two are eliminated
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• If goal is NOT present:
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search images
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search images involves
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o Involves comparison btw what is seen (sensory input) and what is expected (image)
o Motivates “search” if they are different
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seach images continues until
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o Search continue until difference is eliminated (negative feedback loop)
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search images in some cases may occur within
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within a mental spatial layout. (cognitive map)
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at a party, want to find friends bc image is seeing friends at party.
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sensory input- other ppl at party. Visual search continues until real stimulus matching image is located (now you dont need to keep looking anymore).
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schema
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• Images can also be organized into associated “networks: based on learning
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o These associations create certain expectations and emotions via
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spreading activation through the network.
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schema-driven inference-
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make a decison based of schema (image of friends at party, schema is taking care of friends, inference is that you cant drink so u can take care of them.
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• Schema driven affect-
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creates an emotional reaction
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“self-fulfilling nature of schemas”
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o Schemas can also motivate changes in behavior and observed outcomes
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• My schema of this class is horrible
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so im going to do badly. Schema influences outlook, outlook influences results.
=self-fulfilling nature of schemas
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o Self-fulfilling nature can work in atleast two ways
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• 1. Behavioral confirmation • 2. Self- presentation
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Behavioral confirmation
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 behaving in a manner that generates behaviors in others you think are true based on your expectations
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Self- presentation
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 modifying your behavior to match what you think someone else expects to be true of you.
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• Ex: behave better when visiting parents, job interviews- pullman is awesome, love the snow,
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Self- presentation
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• ex: waitress expects a bad tip, gives bad service, then gets bad tip.
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• 1. Behavioral confirmation
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become excited that you are being flown first class:
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schema-driven affect
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belief that graduates from state schools are stupid, try to elicit rude behaviors from a state school graduate.
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behavioral confirmation.
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