Lecture 11 - The Big Three Motives - October 10 Flashcards
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what are The Three Levels of Personality
traits
personal concerns
life narrative
what can personal concerns be broken down into
Big 3 Motives;
Attachment Styles;
Self-regulatory Style;
Developmental Stages
define personal concerns
More particular aspects of personality that describe personal adaptations to motivational and developmental challenges and tasks
define Life Narrative
Internalized and evolving narratives of the self that people construct to integrate the past, present and future and provide life with a sense of meaning and purpose
what are Motives
Something that causes a person to act in a certain way, do a certain thing, etc.
The goal of a person’s actions.
Relatively enduring preferences for a broad class of affectively charged incentives, such as having impact or doing things better.
How to assess motives?
showing an ambiguous pic with a beginning middle and end, for about 5 minutes and this story reveals what the individuals motivational concerns are.
what are the big three motives
n Achievement
n Power
n Intimacy (can also be called into n affiliation)def
define n Achievement
- a recurrent preference for experiences of doing well and being successful.
define n Power -
a recurrent preference experiences of having impact on others
define n Intimacy -
a recurrent preference for experiences of warm, close, and communicative interactions with others.
define n Affiliation –
a recurrent preference for establishing, maintaining, or restoring positive affective relationships.
which is more often used
n intimacy or n affiliation
n intimacy
because n affiliation had a negative quality
are the three motives dependent on eachother
no, mostly independent
what did Henry Murray (guy who created the picture story test) think the stories showed
basically thought they were an X-ray into a person’s life, he thought it revelieve so much about them
probably not EVRYTHING but at least the big 3 traits
How are the scores processed? (for the picture story tests)
Empirically derived Objective coding system – expert coders Number of stories Word Length Normal distribution T-scores
Validity Evidence of nAch: high in this you will be aroused by what
if high in this, you are aroused by moderate challenge, personal responsibility ,
extensive feedback
Validity Evidence of nPow: high in this you will be aroused by what
if high in this, you are aroused by exerting influence and being noticed
Validity Evidence of nInt: high in this you will be aroused by what
if high in this, you are aroused by conversing with people in warm, reciprocal manner
does each predict school success
no because the school environment does not really offer “moderate challenge, personal responsibility ,
extensive feedback”
Occupational Preferences for nAch
small business owner
research scientists
sales people
Occupational Preferences for nPow
manager
clergy
Occupational Preferences for nInt
counsellor
mediator
is there a relationship between the three motives
negative between power and intimacy but everything else is independent
can you be high on more than one motive
yep– two
