Tag: Motivation
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Harmonious and Obsessive Passion
Read more: Harmonious and Obsessive PassionA valued activity can give life meaning while also becoming entangled with pressure to perform. The dualistic model of passion…
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Goal Adjustment
Read more: Goal AdjustmentA meaningful goal can deserve years of effort and still need revision. Goal adjustment involves reconsidering what remains feasible, what…
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Brain Reward Centers and How the Brain Learns What Is Worth Pursuing
Read more: Brain Reward Centers and How the Brain Learns What Is Worth PursuingThe brain has no single reward center. Pleasure, motivation, learning, memory, effort, and choice emerge from interacting systems that continually…
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Zimmerman’s Model of Self-Regulated Learning
Read more: Zimmerman’s Model of Self-Regulated LearningTwo students can sit through the same lesson, receive the same assignment, and possess roughly comparable ability, yet enter very…
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Political Fear Appeals: The Psychology of Persuasion and Power
Read more: Political Fear Appeals: The Psychology of Persuasion and PowerFear, a survival mechanism, is exploited in politics, creating “unreasoning fear” to distract rational thought. Politicians use fear appeals to…
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Intuition vs. Deliberation: When to Trust Your Gut and When to Think Twice
Read more: Intuition vs. Deliberation: When to Trust Your Gut and When to Think TwiceThe battle between intuition and deliberation reveals that decision-making is not merely a conflict between emotions and logic. Both cognitive…
