Motivation and emotion/Lectures/Implicit motives and goals

Lecture 05: Implicit motives and goals

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This is the fifth lecture for the Motivation and emotion unit of study.

Overview

This lecture discusses implicit motives and goal-setting, feedback, and goal striving.

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Readings

• Chapter 07: Implicit motives (Reeve, 2018)
• Chapter 08: Goal setting and goal striving (Reeve, 2018)

Multimedia

This video provides an example of one of the main type of social need - the need for power:

• BBC Interview with Rupert Murdoch (YouTube, 1968) (6 min)

Much commonly used, contemporary goal setting advice derives from Locke and Latham's (1990) goal setting theory:

• Locke and Latham's Goal Setting Theory (MindTools, YouTube) (1:50 mins)

Goal setting and goal striving can be a motivational double-edged sword:

• Want to succeed? Don't set goals, set systems (Adam Alter, Big Think) (3:50 mins)

Slides

• Lecture slides:
  • Implicit motives (Google Slides)
  • Goal setting and goal striving (Google Slides)
• 2019 handouts:
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See also

• Extrinsic motivation and psychological needs (Previous lecture)
• Mindsets, control, and self (Next lecture)
• Goals and self (Tutorial 03)

Recording

• Lecture 05 recording (2019)

References

Hattie, J., & Timperley, H. (2007). The power of feedback. Review of Educational Research, 77, 81-112.

External links

• If you could achieve one goal in 24 hours (Brian Tracy) (2 min) - This video, from a "motivational guru", argues for putting everything aside to achieve one goal in 24 hours
• Keep your goals to yourself (Derek Sivers, TED talk, 2010) (3 min) - Conventional wisdom is to make our goals public to hold us accountable but it also gives a (false) sense of satisfaction that undermines future effort