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PSY 355 Week 1 Discussion Question 1 (UOP Course)
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PSY 355 Week 1 Discussion Question 1 PSY 355 Week
1 Discussion Question 2 PSY 355 Week 1 DQ 3 PSY
355 Week 1 DQ 4 PSY 355 week 1 Individual
Assignment Sources of Motivation Paper (2
Papers) PSY 355 Week 2 Discussion Question 1 PSY
355 Week 2 Discussion Question 2 PSY 355 Week 2
DQ 3
  Is it possible to motivate a student to obtain
an A grade if he orshe does not value an A
grade more than a C grade? Why or why not?
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PSY 355 Week 1 DQ 3
PSY 355 Week 1 Discussion Question 2 (UOP Course)
- What is motivation? 2 - Does perception affect
motivation? Why or why not? 1 - What are the
major sources of motivation? 2 - Which source
affects you most? Why? Do you think this is
something that is 'hard-wired' or learned? 3 - Do
you think it is possible to change which source
affects you most?
Please list four things that bring you pleasure,
and four thingsthat bring you pain. Which do you,
personally, think motivates youmore, trying to
obtain the pleasure, or trying to avoid the pain?
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PSY 355 week 1 Individual Assignment Sources of
Motivation Paper (2 Papers)
PSY 355 Week 1 DQ 4
Sources of Motivation Paper Prepare a 700 to
900-word paper in which you examine the concept
of motivation. As a part of your examination be
sure to address the following items In
your own words, define motivation.
Identify at least two sources of motivation.
Explain the relationship between motivation
and behavior.
Do internal and external sources need to be
complementary for motivation to occur? For
example, is it possible to motivate a student to
obtain an A grade if he or she does not value an
A grade more than a C grade? Explain your
answer.
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PSY 355 Week 2 Discussion Question 1 (UOP Course)
PSY 355 Week 2 DQ 3
Weve had some great discussions during Week 1
regarding themotivating power of fear. Many of
you, in fact, identified fear ofpain as being a
greater motivator for you than is the attainment
ofthat which brings you pleasure. Is it
possible, though, that fear isalso the primary
motivator in the attainment of pleasure? Why or
why not?
1 - What is a person's mate value? 2 - Evaluate
and compute your mate value and that of your
spouse/partner (current or most recent). Are you
surprised by the results? What do the results
mean (for you, your life, your relationships,
etc.)? 3 - Does a person's mate value have any
evolutionary significance or is it an arbitrary
value determined solely by society? Explain!
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PSY 355 Week 2 Team Assignment Motivation
Theories Presentation
PSY 355 Week 2 DQ 4
Is it possible for someone to become a
chocoholic--a person addicted to chocolate? Why
or why not? Alcohol and nicotine are 2 legal
drugs. In some states, marijuana (cannabis) is
also legal. 1 - What are the pros and cons of
legalizing other drugs (such as marijuana,
cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin, 'designer
drugs', etc.)? 2 - Do you believe rates of drug
use would change if some of these drugs were made
legal? 3 - How might legalization affect a
person's motivation to use drugs?
Select at least 2 theories concerning human
motivation. Obtain faculty approval of your
selected theories prior to beginning this
assignment. Prepare a 12 slide presentation
(using Microsoft PowerPoint, Prezi, Glogster,
or any other presentation software program) in
which you analyze your selected motivational
theories (Note 12 content slides are required,
plus a 'title' slide a 'reference' slide).
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PSY 355 Week 3 Discussion Question 2 (UOP Course)
PSY 355 Week 3 Discussion Question 1 (UOP Course)
Personality typology is one means of trying to
understand why andpredict how people are
motivated to behave as they do. In this
weeksreadings, you are exposed to several
theories of personality, includingthe 5-Factor
Model, the Sensation Seeking personality model,
EysencksThree Factor Model, as well as the
Adlerian personality model of the 1Priority
(posted in the Course Materials folder). Another
widely usedmodel is the Jung Typology (often
tested with the Myers-Briggs, orKiersey
Personality Inventories).
To be clinically diagnosed as addicted to a
chemical substance or abehavior, a person must
demonstrate continued involvement with
thesubstance or activity even though that person
has experienced or isaware of detrimental
consequences to his or her job,
relationships,financial security, or health.
With this in mind, please answer thefollowing
questions 1) To what behavior or substance
(e.g., favorite food, hobby,activity) might you
be able to be diagnosed as addicted?
Pleaseclearly describe the behavior or substance,
and explain your reasoningfor the diagnosis.
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PSY 355 Week 3 DQ 4
PSY 355 Week 3 DQ 3
  How do psychological needs and personality
traits differ in the manner they motivate
behavior? Explain your answer.
What are the similarities and differences between
physiological needs and psychological needs? 2a -
Do you think you can raise your self-esteem by
thinking about your successes in your domains of
contingent self-worth 2b - Can you lower your
self-esteem by thinking about your failures in
those areas?
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PSY 355 Week 4 Discussion Question 1 (UOP Course)
PSY 355 Week 3 Individual Assignment Motivation
and the Brain Paper
One common problem of motivation is
procrastination, or putting offuntil the very
last moment doing what is necessary to attain
onesgoals, which is discussed briefly in
chapters seven and 10 of thecourse text.
According to Clayton Taylor-Ladd (1996-2007), the
twobasic types of procrastinators are The
relaxed type places littleimportance on the goal,
so leaves it to be done until there is
nothingbetter to do in an effort to not get
stressed over the "insignificant,"but rather
doing what brings more enjoyment to him/her.
Ironically,the great dichotomy in life eventually
wins out and the stress therelaxed type is trying
to avoid materializes in spades.
Select 1 of the following topics as the basis for
this paper Eating healthy Exercising Quitting
smoking Quitting drinking Refraining from using
drugs
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PSY 355 Week 4 DQ 3
PSY 355 Week 4 Discussion Question 2 (UOP Course)
If increased arousal results in increased
performance, why does it not also lead to a more
efficient performance? In your response, please
include an example that demonstrates this from
your own life. 1 - Why do you listen to music? Do
any of these reasons include energization,
relaxation, and mood alteration?
We know that ones emotions affect ones facial
muscles to produce the expressions we understand
as happiness, sadness, anger, fear, frustration,
etc. Is it also true, though that, aside from
regulating intensity of an existing emotion, the
muscles in ones face can createor change ones
emotions? Before answering this DQ, please
conduct all four steps of thefollowing
experiment. There are no right or wrong answers,
so justrelax, dont over think what you are
doing, and enjoy the experience! You will need a
long pencil, pen, stiff straw, or chopstick, and
apiece of paper on which to write.
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PSY 355 Week 4 Individual Assignment Arousal,
Behavior, Stress, and Affect Worksheet
PSY 355 Week 4 DQ 4
1 - What are some examples of life stressors? 2 -
In what ways do individuals differ in their
appraisal of and ability to cope with life
stressors? 3 - Are there certain personality
traits that serve to buffer individuals against
stressors and stress? Why or why not?
Complete the Material Arousal, Behavior, Stress,
and Affect Worksheet. Click the Assignment Files
tab to submit your assignment.
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PSY 355 Week 5 Discussion Question 2 (UOP Course)
PSY 355 Week 5 Discussion Question 1 (UOP Course)
Please post your response to the following
discussion question byclicking on Reply In terms
of motivation, what are some possible
consequences ofincorrectly labeling ones own
emotional feelings or, those ofanother? How
can this happen? What can be done to avoid this?
As you read last week, stress is not only a great
motivator, on along-term or redundant basis, it
is also responsible for a plethora ofphysical
illnesses ranging from the common cold, to
allergic reactions,to heart disease and even
cancer. It is also a major contributor tomany
psychological disorders including depression,
anxiety, cognitivedisruption and learning
disorders. Usually, stress motivates one toadopt
various coping mechanisms, including
understanding the cause ofthe stress, realigning
ones beliefs about the stressors, changingones
lifestyle to eliminate the stress, and learning
how to manage thephysical symptoms of the stress.
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PSY 355 Week 5 DQ 4
PSY 355 Week 5 DQ 3
PSY 355 Week 5 DQ 4 Part 1 1- When you smile in
greeting a friend, it is because you are happy to
see him/her, or is it simply a greeting without
any feeling? 2 - What governs your facial
expressions? Is it your felt emotions, your
social motives, the person you are with, or
display rules in general?
Do you find yourself obeying the principle of
least effort or the law of less work? For
example, do you drive instead of walk, take the
elevator instead of stairs, eat fast-food rather
than cook, or take an easy elective course rather
than a challenging one? Why do you think this is
so? Who will be more successful in life a person
with many motivational resources but few
intellectual resources or a person with few
motivational resources and many intellectual
resources?
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PSY 355 Week 5 Team Assignment Emotions Paper
Write a 1,000 word paper in which you analyze
the function of emotions as motive. Address the
following items in your analysis Examine at
least 2 historical theories of emotion arousal
as they relate to human motivation. Analyze at
least 2 research methods used for uncovering
basic emotions. Discuss the facial feedback
hypothesis, particularly the event-appraisal-emoti
on sequence.
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