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Motivation: The Self and its Strivings
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Basic Problems of Self
defining and creating the self
relating the self to society
discovering and developing personal potential
managing or regulating the self
self-concept
defining the self
collection of domain-specific self-schemas
identity
the means by which the self relates to society
the essence of who the self is within a cultural context
assumed social roles directly behaviour in ways that express the role-identity's cultural value
agency
developing personal potential
emerges from intrinsic motivation
development through differentiation and integration
differentiation
occurs as the self exercises its intrinsic interests. preferences, and capacities to grow and expand the self
integration
occurs as the differentiated parts of the self are brought together into a sense of coherence or unity
self-regulation
involves the person's metacognitive monitoring of how their goal-setting process is going
mental stepping-back to monitor and evaluate process - comparing current and ideal selves
acquired through social observational learning from an expert
self-schemas
cognitive generalization about the self that are domain specific and are learned from past experience
generate motivation via the consistent and possible self
consistent self
self-schemas direct behaviour to confirm the self-view and prevent episodes that generate feedback that might disconfirm that self-view
cognitive dissonance theory
people dislike inconsistency
the experience of dissonance is psychologically aversive
people seek to reduce dissonance by striving to maintain consistency in their beliefs, attitudes, values and behaviours
possible self
the individual observes others and proactively forecasts a view of the future self that the person would like to become
generate motivation for developing and growing toward sought-after aspirations
self-concordance
life goals that emanate out of the integrated/core self
enhanced effort -> greeter likelihood of need-satisfying experiences -> well-being and future gains in self-concordance
personal striving
the superordinate goals people try to accomplish
Author
athorne
ID
243578
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Motivation: The Self and its Strivings
Description
Individual differences and their relation to goal setting and striving
Updated
2013-10-29T07:57:27Z
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