...that motivate us and how emotions drive us intrinsically and extrinsically. Motivation and Emotion Motivation can be described as goal directed behavior and according to the reading material Psychology and Your Life (2012) the five approaches to motivation are instinct, drive- reduction, arousal, incentive and cognitive. The first approach is instinct this approach upholds instincts or “inborn patterns of behavior that are biologically predetermined” as the factors that influence behavior (University of Phoenix, 2010, pp. 244-248). The instinct approach explains why we have food and mate- seeking behaviors viewed by all humans as, hunger and sex, they are primary instincts. According to the instinct theory organisms are motivated to behave in certain ways because, they are evolutionarily programmed to do so. An example would be how in the animal world there is seasonal migration. These animals do not learn this roaming behavior, moving periodically from one region or climate to another; it is instead, an inborn pattern of behavior. Drive-reduction is the second approach which states that a lack of some requirement drives us to obtain that need. Homeostasis, the steady internal state with in our body, is included with this approach (University of Phoenix, 2012, pp. 244-248). If your stomach churns and growls this is your drive, your response would be to seek out food to subside your hunger pangs, this is the reduction. With homeostasis your body...
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...the sociological approach focuses on the early stages of one's college journey and "emphasizes the influences of social and cultural capital" (p. 51). Thus, this theory highlights one's social context, such as their social class, community, and high school, as well as parental involvement and expectations. Throughout my first essay, my environment was a strong predisposition that contributed toward my expectation of attending college. Due to my parents' middle-class status, their cultural and social capital garnered them certain knowledge sets. My mother knew how to research for the best school districts and suburbs using the internet, as well as employ her social network of coworkers, college friends,...
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...that motivate us and how emotions drive us intrinsically and extrinsically. Motivation and Emotion Motivation can be described as goal directed behavior and according to the reading material Psychology and Your Life (2012) the five approaches to motivation are instinct, drive- reduction, arousal, incentive and cognitive. The first approach is instinct this approach upholds instincts or “inborn patterns of behavior that are biologically predetermined” as the factors that influence behavior (University of Phoenix, 2010, pp. 244-248). The instinct approach explains why we have food and mate- seeking behaviors viewed by all humans as, hunger and sex, they are primary instincts. According to the instinct theory organisms are motivated to behave in certain ways because, they are evolutionarily programmed to do so. An example would be how in the animal world there is seasonal migration. These animals do not learn this roaming behavior, moving periodically from one region or climate to another; it is instead, an inborn pattern of behavior. Drive-reduction is the second approach which states that a lack of some requirement drives us to obtain that need. Homeostasis, the steady internal state with in our body, is included with this approach (University of Phoenix, 2012, pp. 244-248). If your stomach churns and growls this is your drive, your response would be to seek out food to subside your hunger pangs, this is the reduction. With homeostasis your body...
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...Theory Critique of Crabb and Hawkins Kaitlin Clark Liberty University Summary In life we all experience situations and scenarios that are hard to cope with and with them they bring about problems and challenges. No one in the world is immune to these problems, however it is these problems we face that help us to mature as individuals. Nevertheless, the way that people approach their difficulties varies. Some people live in fear, other feel that since they have created their problems they are the only one who can fix it, and some believe that their problems are not from anything they have done but a product of their environment. According to Crabb our reactions to difficult life experiences take on one of three forms: guild, resentment, or anxiety (Crabb, 1977). Furthermore Crabb (1977) believes that many of our problems in life are simply the way we interpret our experiences. People who can have positive feelings towards situations are able to cope with their problems in a healthy way. And people who negatively view their experiences are more likely to fight guilt, resentment and anxiety. This is where counselors come in, for simple problems the counselor can just be a friend they do not need to be a professional simply someone who can listen and help sort out life experiences and offer simple advice. However, for the larger problems a professional counselor is needed. Dr. Crabb wrote Effective Biblical Counseling in an attempt to bridge the gap between psychology...
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...psychotherapy for depressions, directed toward solving current problems and modifying dysfunctional thinking and behavioral” (Beck, 2011, p.3). The use of daily affirmations and sharing positive messages through the use of self-talk and visual examination are techniques that embody the practice and approach of CBT (Halbur & Halbur, 2011, p. 70). These techniques assist in helping the client understand what people think about them and how...
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...). The five approaches to motivation are instinct, drive-reduction, arousal, incentive and cognitive. The instinct approach upholds instincts or “innate patterns of behavior that are biologically determined” (Psychology and Your Life). The instinct approach interprets why we have food and mate-seeking deportments viewed by all humans as, hunger and sex, which are primary instincts. According to the instinct theory organisms are motivated to deport in particular ways because, they are evolutionarily programmed to do so. For example, how life in the animal world has seasonal migrations or hibernations. These animals do not learn this roaming deportment, moving occasionally from one region to area to another: instead, an inborn pattern of demeanor. Drive-reduction is the second approach which states that a lack of some requisite drives us to acquire that need. “Homeostasis, the body’s tendency to maintain a steady internal state, underlies primary drives” (Psychology and Your Life). For example, when your stomach churns and grumbles this is your drive, your replication would be to seek out food to subdue your hunger pangs, the drive- reduction. “Homeostasis brings deviations in body functioning back to an optimal state, similar to the way a thermostat and furnace work in a home heating system to maintain a steady temperature” (Psychology and Your Life). For example, if the temperature of your house drops the stove or furnace will turn on. When it reaches the set temperature...
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...LITERATURE INSTRUCTOR: BENJAMIN MIROV 21 JANUARY 2013 In my life I have come across many life changing decisions and sometimes I haven’t always made the right choice or best choice, although I do learn from my choices and mistakes I have made throughout my life. Robert Frost makes this decision that everyone will at some point in their life have to make in his poem, “The Road Not Taken”. In this paper I will explain why this poem caught my interest, using terms and concepts from the text, describing one of the analytical approaches, using details from the text to support my interpretations, and evaluate the meaning of the poem, using the analytical approach I selected. I am not usually drawn to poetry and normally would not choose a poem to analyze or to read for pleasure. In reading this week’s text I was drawn to “The Road Not Taken” because of its imagery which puts the reader right in front of a road which is forked and a decision is needed for further progress on the journey. In this poem so many individuals can relate to having to make decisions and coming to that point in their life where there is “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood” (as cited in Clugston, 2010 Section 2.2). In this line of his poem he is referring to a decision you have to make and a decision everyone has to make in their life. I have come across many times having to decide on a path in which the decision would affect my life. For instance, I was at the bar and had a few too many drinks...
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...counseling. The services are offered to the northern region of Louisiana. As an employee of Agape Hospice; the perfect position would be director of marketing. My leadership style demonstrates a concern for people as well as task; with task being the priority. To be an employee for a Hospice group, the concern for people is very important. However; accomplishing a task creates security and a sense of accomplishment in the organization. Hospice provides “comforting care that emphasizes quality of life” (Hospice, 2011, pg. 1). This requires a concern for the needs of people. The mission of hospice is “serving faithfully as your partner through the final stages of a journey we know as life” (Hospice, 2011, pg 1). Hospice requires a sense of passion and concern with emphasize on task to accomplish a goal of security and serenity. Leadership style The leadership style most associated with my role in an organization is trait approach. Trait approach focuses on the personality, motives, and values of the leader. Trait approach is an adequate leadership style for a director of marketing because motive is an important issue in hospice care. The motive of hospice is to increase the patient census while offering a quality of life in the final stages of life. However; based upon the assessment “What’s My Leadership Style” (Phoenix, 2007, Section II, B.1), task is the most important. The leadership style assessment indicates an importance in getting the job done, whereas...
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...and the understanding of animal behavior in the presence of man becomes increasingly important. A great example of a species that has successfully adapted to life with humans is the gray squirrel. My study tried to prove that squirrels learn to live with humans and become comfortable functioning in their presence. It attempted to show that squirrels living in areas of high human traffic are braver in approaching humans than those that live in areas of low human traffic. My hypothesis was that the gray squirrels that come in contact with humans more frequently have adapted to life with people and would more readily approach me than those that have not become accustomed to human interaction. To test this hypothesis, I tested a squirrel s willingness to approach me at a location of high, medium, and low human traffic. I measured their approach in three levels: ten feet or less, thirty feet or less, and no interest. I then performed a Chi squared test to see if the locations were different from the expected results. The high traffic area and the low traffic area were significantly different. Squirrels in the high traffic area were far more willing to approach a human than those in areas of low traffic. This data supported my hypothesis that the squirrels living in areas of high human traffic would be more willing to approach me than squirrels living in areas of low human traffic. More importantly this study also shows the squirrels ability to become accustomed to interaction with...
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...have studied the Reggio Emilia approach many times in my education classes, and still get blown away by how magical this approach is. This is why I would be ecstatic to be able to experience this approach first hand. The philosophy behind this outstanding approach that encourages students to learn from their experiences, peers and environment. They believe that a child is driven by curiosity and imagination, takes responsibility for their own learning, listen and is listened to, need to love and be loved, and is valued. Their image of the child is one of the six main factors that are inherent to this approach. The other five factors to this approach are; expressive arts, progettazione, community and parent-school...
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...PSY/211 February 10, 2013 Kurtis Armstrong Motivation and Emotion The five approaches to motivation are the instinct approach, drive-reduction approach, arousal approach, incentive approach, and cognitive approach. Each approach has a different affect on motivation. In the instinct approach psychologists believe the behavior is biologically determined and not learned (Feldman, 2010). The drive-reduction approach suggests that the motivation is driven by having to satisfy a personal need. According to Feldman (2010), “arousal approaches seek to explain behavior in which the goal is to maintain or increase excitement”. The incentive approach to motivation suggests it is driven by the environment that direct and energize behavior. The last approach is the cognitive approach, which suggests thoughts, expectations and understanding of the world are behind motivation. The main emotions identified in the text are physical, behavioral and subjective. Schachter cognitive arousal theory, also known as the two factor theory of motion two steps must take place. Physical arousal happens first, and then the person must determine the reason behind the arousal in order for it to be an emotion. In the common sense theory a stimulus leads to an emotion which then creates a response. Being student at any age can cause a person to feel various emotions. One positive emotion a student may experience is the feeling of pride. Being a student is tough work, it is a job all on its own. Knowing...
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...In early August 2015, I relocated to Jacksonville to embark on my Masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (CMHC) at the University of North Florida (UNF). This marked a definitive step in my career transition process. Approximately three years ago, several life and work related events converged which caused me to re-evaluate my life. Personal triggers included - turning 50, my husband’s health issues and his post-retirement life-style change and my mother’s retirement and her subsequent move to Jacksonville. At work, I was charged with the assessment of Obamacare and the implementation of the Health Exchange for Medicaid products; areas which I oversaw. I was also selected by senior executives at the corporation where I was employed to participate in the Executive Leadership Program for America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP). Despite having been certified from the prestigious program and recognized by internal and external entities as a leader and subject matter expert in my field, I was becoming increasing disenchanted at work. I was not able to break the “glass ceiling”. Those at the executive levels were (and are) mostly white males. Minorities (non-whites, non-hetero males and females) were already in place. There appeared to be no need to admit additional “tokens” to fulfill an appearance of diversity at the upper echelons. When I evaluated the impact of Obamacare, I predicted the need for substantial downsizing due to automation and projected revenue...
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...Personal Responsibility and Life Jacob A Parnell Gen/200 Dr. Sherri Hartzell 1 Personal responsibility is having the ability to maintain a high standard level of performance in many different aspects of life such as; work, home, and school. Having this ability to maintain a high standard is crucial to being successful at anything in life at all. I have found that by maintaining focus and motivation of the goals ahead will get you much farther along the path of reaching your expectations. In our text book , Becoming a Master Student , throughout the book in every chapter it suggests new ways of communicating better and planning your time management much better by graphing time spent on certain activities everyday. It is essential as the book states that writing down your long-term and short-ter In the book Questions That Matter, it defines two different types of people that see personal responsibility and life. One is the hard-determinist feels that everything is already determined in life by something greater than our own actions and out of our own control and therefore everything has a reason we just are along for the ride. The soft-determinist believes that everything is determined by one’s character and actions rather than something greater determining our fate, in other words, we determine our own fate by our free will. I feel that I am more of a soft-determinist in that I feel we create our own results in life and that nobody can defeat...
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...taking the TSI test is to recognize areas of improvement and then apply it in the workplace. This week, I will be discussing Convey, and one of his strategies that helped me develop my overarching question throughout the past seven weeks. Further, I will explain the relevance of the proactive approach in the circle of influence as a healthy individual. Briefly summary of chosen habit The problem I will be addressing relates to the direct control of the Circle of Influence. As Convey stated, “Proactive people concentrate their efforts in the Circle of Influence. They work on the things they can do anything about. The nature of their energy is positive, enlarging and magnifying, causing their Circle of Influence to increase (p.83).” Proactive people use a specific language by saying I will do, I can do better than that, I will start the project (self-initiated), and I will take care of my health. In other words, proactive people manage...
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...situation, or the decision be damaging to people or to the community? 2. Does the issue go beyond legal or institutional concerns? What does it do to people, who have dignity, rights, and hopes for a better life together? The software sharing is certainly an ethical issue, since the company is merely non-existing with no more information available. Personally Jim and I should not share or the program even though the program is out of print. Socially illegal use of the program for business purposes will potentially hurt business client, in which deserve a legal software usage. The company that create and sell program C deserve to get credit or financial benefit that come as part of business deal between Jim and his client. To share the program C with Jim since it out of print would be unethical for business client and software company even though the program is out of print. An effort should be made to find a compatible program that can replace program C or it replacement. The best option for Jim is to let him come and use my computer when he needs program C, when all efforts have been done without a success. It is also imperative for Jim to consult his lawyer about the situation and ask for possible risk in the future. Jim’s client must also be informed about this approach and explain finding and facts that program C is irreplaceable. Get the Facts 3. What are the relevant facts of the case? What facts are unknown? Relevant facts in this case are Jim can only buy 2 out of...
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