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Lecture 06: Mindsets, control, and the self
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This is the sixth lecture for the Motivation and emotion unit of study.
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Overview[edit | edit source]
This lecture discusses mindsets, personal control beliefs, and the self and its strivings.
Images[edit | edit source]
Readings[edit | edit source]
- Chapter 09: Mindsets (Reeve, 2018)
- Chapter 10: Personal control beliefs (Reeve, 2018)
- Chapter 11: The self and its strivings (Reeve, 2018)
Multimedia[edit | edit source]
This video argues for turn around our thinking about stress and how it can be good for us:
- How to make stress your friend (Kelly McGonigal, TED talk, 2013 (11:51/14:29 min) (Start at 1:00 and End at 13:21)
This video humorously describes a replication of the infamous "marshmallow" experiment which found that those who can resist temptation tend to have better life outcomes:
- Don't eat the marshmallow! (Joachim de Posada, TED talk, 2009) (6 min)
Slides[edit | edit source]
Lecture slides:
- Mindsets (Google Slides)
- Personal control beliefs (Google Slides)
- The self and its strivings (Google Slides)
2019 handouts:
See also[edit | edit source]
- Implicit motives and goals (Previous lecture)
- Nature of emotion (Next lecture)
- Goals and self (Tutorial)
- Learned helplessness (Wikipedia)
- Mastery learning (Wikipedia)
- Self-efficacy (Wikipedia)
- Self-concept (Wikipedia)
Recording[edit | edit source]
- Lecture 06 recording (2019)
External links[edit | edit source]
- Building your resiliency: Part II – Avoiding learned helplessness and changing your explanatory style (Mackay & Mackay, 2010, artofmanliness.com)