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• PSY 355 Entire Course

• PSY 355 Week 1 Discussion Question 1 (UOP Course)

• 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

• 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 Discussion Question 2 (UOP Course)

• PSY 355 Week 1 DQ 3

• 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?

• 1 - 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?

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• PSY 355 Week 1 DQ 4

• PSY 355 week 1 Individual Assignment Sources of
  Motivation Paper (2 Papers)

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• 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.

• 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.

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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 DQ 4

• PSY 355 Week 2 Team Assignment Motivation
  Theories Presentation

• 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?

• 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 1 (UOP Course)

• PSY 355 Week 3 Discussion Question 2 (UOP Course)

• 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.

• 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).

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• PSY 355 Week 3 DQ 3

• PSY 355 Week 3 DQ 4

• 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?
• 2c - What about the effects of thinking about
  successes and failures in domains that are not
  important to you?

• How do psychological needs and personality traits
  differ in the manner they motivate behavior?
  Explain your answer

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• PSY 355 Week 3 Individual Assignment Motivation
  and the Brain Paper

• PSY 355 Week 4 Discussion Question 1 (UOP Course)

• Select 1 of the following topics as the basis for
  this paper
• Eating healthy
• Exercising
• Quitting smoking
• Quitting drinking
• Refraining from using drugs

• 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.

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• PSY 355 Week 4 Discussion Question 2 (UOP Course)

• PSY 355 Week 4 DQ 3

• 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?

• 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?
• 2 - How can music be used to alter arousal
  levels?
• 1 - What is arousal?
• 2 - What is the relationship between arousal and
  behavior?

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• PSY 355 Week 4 DQ 4

• PSY 355 Week 4 Individual Assignment Arousal,
  Behavior, Stress, and Affect Worksheet

• 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?
• 1 - What effect does stress have on the human
  body?
• 2 - How can stress be managed?

• 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 1 (UOP Course)

• PSY 355 Week 5 Discussion Question 2 (UOP Course)

• 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

• 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?

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• PSY 355 Week 5 DQ 3

• PSY 355 Week 5 DQ 4

• 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?

• 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?
• According to the appraisal tendency hypothesis,
  emotions can influence a person's judgments and
  decisions. Has this ever happened to you? Have
  you made judgments, decisions, or commitments
  during an intense emotion that you would not have
  made in the absence of the emotion?

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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-emotion
  sequence.
• Include at least 3 references from scholarly,
  peer-reviewed sources (in addition to the course
  textbook other course reading materials).

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