1. The Concept of Motivation Each concept or idea has its own history determined by the general evolution of human thought. For many years‚ the understanding of the term and the research on motivation were dominated by the so-called drive reduction theories. Psychologists identified a large number of human needs (both biological and psychological ones)‚ all of them causing inner tensions‚ which had to be released in one way or another. In 1964‚ Atkinson (quoted in Williams and Burden‚ 1997: 113)
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Self-efficacy is the developing sense of personal effectiveness as a learner and an enhanced awareness of one’s own capacity to learn and perform tasks. How does this concept relate to students who are underachieving‚ and what can be done to improve their self-efficacy? Self- efficacy is a crucial component of a student’s development; it enhances the student’s capability and willingness to undertake challenging tasks‚ interactive effects of student’s personal characteristics‚ behaviours and social
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Self Concept Paper Although‚ many people like and dislike many of their physical appearances they have to cope with the fact that they can not change them and that their unique characteristics make them who they are. My favorite characteristic is my hair; I like my hair because it is long and curly. I can do a number of different styles with my hair such as straightening it‚ making it wavy or leaving it curly. I’ve never been bothered with my hair because my hair is unique and not many people have
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Actual Self vs. Ideal Self: A Review of Self-Esteem Abstract This paper will serve as a review of the actual self vs. ideal self and illustrate that discrepancies in behaviors associated with the need for positive self-esteem‚ the need for self-gratification and the consequences do exist. It will reveal that a burden within whom we are and who we wish to be is evident and unavoidable unless there is an awareness of this distress. Self-esteem also known as pride‚ self-respect or a favorable
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The “Self” concept is understanding your behavior and that of the offender. Ones self-concept is who a person is and what that person believes they are all about. The self-concept is a picture we have of ourselves about the kind of person we are. Ones self-concept is both the product and producer of your experiences. For instance‚ if you are capable of giving and receiving love‚ if you consider yourself a worthwhile person‚ if you are confident in your feelings and you behave responsibly‚ you will
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The Use of Ways of Knowing in a Clinical Scenario Fabiola Benoit Saint Joseph’s College Abstract The use of ways of knowing is assumed to be a valid and necessary strategy in providing adequate care in the nursing field. Carper has developed four ways of knowing that has become essential in a nurses every day practice. Carper’s four fundamental patterns of knowing are defined as empirical‚ ethical‚ personal and aesthetic. Empirical knowledge is defined as the science of nursing. Aesthetic knowledge
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be asked to approach the model presented here by concentrating on particular points in the model during each semester‚ and relating these to the overall process. Counseling is a process in which clients learn how to make decisions and formulate new ways of behaving‚ feeling‚ and thinking. Counselors focus on the goals their clients wish to achieve. Clients explore their present levels of functioning and the changes that must be made to achieve personal objectives. Thus‚ counseling involves both choice
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The four ways of knowing presented by the IB are all based on our conscious mind whose mechanism is known to a certain extent. However intuition‚ memory and imagination are part of our unconscious mind whose functioning is not yet proven till date. Memory is the function of storing and recalling information gained from experience. Whereas‚ imagination is the process of forming new ideas or concepts of external data not present to our senses. For a notion to be proposed as a way of knowing‚ it needs
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What does your critical analysis of the website reveal to you about Cindy Jackson’s sense of her social self‚ her self-concept‚ her self-esteem and her self-presentation? Based on what I have seen from the website‚ I am under the impression that Cindy Jackson had a very low self-esteem as she was growing up. It appears that she felt unattractive and when was at the age of six‚ dreamt of being like a Barbie doll and attaining Barbie’s figure and attractiveness. At some point in her childhood‚ a
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What is Self-concept? According to Wagner‚ self-concept is that image or mental picture of our invisible self‚ a feeling of being a person‚ sense of somebody or of being nobody (p. 5). There are three functional aspects of self concept: appearance‚ performance and status. It is noteworthy that our feeling of identity of being somebody is derived from feelings when rated by others (p. 13). I could identify with these three aspects of self-concept. Several years ago‚ when I left my job to be
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