This lecture briefly reviews the Introductory and Historical perspectives lectures about motivation and emotion. The lecture will be presented and recorded in Week 03 Wednesday 23 August 13:30-15:30 in 12B2.

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Motivation & Emotion
James Neill
Centre for Applied Psychology
University of Canberra
2017
Lecture 01 and 02 recap
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Lecture 01 and 02
recap:
Introduction (Ch 1)
History (Ch 2)
(Reeve, 2015)

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Key questions
 Why do we do what we do?
 Why do we feel what we feel?
 How can we change what we do and
feel?
 What causes behaviour?
● What starts, maintains, and stops behaviour?
 Why does behaviour vary in its
intensity?
 Why do we do what we do?
 Why do we feel what we feel?
 How can we change what we do and
feel?
 What causes behaviour?
● What starts, maintains, and stops behaviour?
 Why does behaviour vary in its
intensity?
The last two questions are based on Reeve (2015)

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What is motivation?
Motivation and emotion have a
common etymological root –
they derive from movere (Latin
for “to move”)
Motivation refers to the
processes that give
behaviour energy and
direction (Reeve, 2015).
Motivation and emotion have a
common etymological root –
they derive from movere (Latin
for “to move”)
Motivation refers to the
processes that give
behaviour energy and
direction (Reeve, 2015).

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Framework for understanding and
studying motivation
Based on Reeve (2015, Figure 1.4, p. 16)
Antecedent
conditions
●
Environmental
events
●
Social contexts
Motive
status
Energising,
directing, and
sustaining:
• Behaviour
• Enagement
• Brain activity
• Psychophysiology
• Self-report
Changes in
life outcomes:
• Performance
• Achievement
• Learning
• Adjustment
• Skill, talent
• Well-being
Needs Cognitions Emotions

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History of motivation
Based on Reeve (2015, Ch 2)
1. Will - Ancient philosophers, Descartes
2. Instinct – Darwin, James, McDougall
3. Drive – Freud's Drive Theory, Hull's Drive Theory
4. Incentive, arousal, discrepancy
5. Mini-theories
6. Contemporary era
1. Active nature of the person
2. Cognitive revolution
3. Applied socially relevant research
1. Will - Ancient philosophers, Descartes
2. Instinct – Darwin, James, McDougall
3. Drive – Freud's Drive Theory, Hull's Drive Theory
4. Incentive, arousal, discrepancy
5. Mini-theories
6. Contemporary era
1. Active nature of the person
2. Cognitive revolution
3. Applied socially relevant research

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Next lecture
 The motivated and emotional brain
(Ch 03)
 The motivated and emotional brain
(Ch 03)

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References
 Reeve, J. (2015). Understanding motivation
and emotion (6th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
 Reeve, J. (2015). Understanding motivation
and emotion (6th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

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