Motivation

Central Question: ** To what extent is our educational system reducing the intrinsic motivation to learn and replacing it with extrinsic motivation? How should we attempt to change the situation? ** Obviously this is a high school psychology class project, but hey, this will give you an idea of what you are expected to know and learn in the next two to three classes (disregard the silliness at the end of the video). media type="youtube" key="PoTlUh2v0Zc" height="344" width="425"
 * //Two questions that you should be able to answer from this entire unit://**
 * **//To what degree is homosexuality a life-style choice?//**
 * **//To what extent can a leader motivate his/her subordinates? Discuss and provide methods for how they can motivate people//**
 * Introductory Video**

__**Opening Lesson: What needs motivate you to do what you do?**__
 * For this entire section you are first to create a wikipage link to this section below
 * Block F**
 * Student || Your wikipage ||
 * Jeff || Jeffrey Motivation ||
 * Sally || Sally B. - Motivation ||
 * Brian || BCHO's- Motivation ||
 * Megan || http://splashman.wikispaces.com/Megan%20Motivation ||
 * Jay || Jay Ghil - Motivation ||
 * Sarah || Motivation- Sarah Jang ||
 * Chae Ri || Motivation Chaeri ||
 * Eric || Eric K. - Motivation ||
 * Stella || Stella K. Motivation ||
 * Josh || Josh K. - Motivation ||
 * Young Kyu || YoungQ K - Motivation ||
 * Kevin || Kevin G Lee Motivation ||
 * Jin Hyeok || Jin Hyeok Motivation ||
 * Lauren || Lauren Motivation ||
 * Ji Hyung || Jihyung Motivation ||
 * Jae || Jae Rhee Motivation ||
 * Block G**
 * Student || Your wikipage ||
 * Lisa || Lisa Motivation ||
 * Jae || JaeHyun Motivation ||
 * Lynn || Lynn Motivation ||
 * Ji Heon || Jiheon Motivation ||
 * Tiffany || Tiffany Motivation ||
 * Brian || Brian Motivation ||
 * D.J. || DJ module 23 ||
 * Jenny || Jenny L. Motivation ||
 * Andrew || Motivation of Andrew ||
 * Emily || Emily Motivation ||
 * Sally || Sally P. Motivation ||
 * Soo || Eun Soo Suh Motivation ||
 * Jamie || Jamie Motivation ||
 * Sharon || Sharon Motivation ||
 * Your first activity (problem) to solve that should be posted on your wiki above:
 * [[file:Needs and Where They Fit.pages]]

=**__Introduction to Motivation: Hunge__**__r__= Notes for Module: What makes people do what they do? Why help the old woman cross the street? Why do we feel hungry? What drives us to want to have a life partner? Children? To succeed in school, etc.? These are topics that psychologists seek to answer.

__**Food, Hunger, Diet and Eating Disorders**__ Take a look at the video below and its second part to get an idea about why we have an obsession with what we look like. Please go to Youtube and watch this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12_9WVsmM0c&NR=1&feature=fvwp

Assignment for this: Please do a journal entry on your wikispace responding to the question below.


 * What seems to be the major motivating factor(s) for people that are affected by an eating disorder?**

//Altruism is the selfless helping of others.//** There are several theories on motivation. They range from biological/instinctive, to drives and incentives, to arousal, and to humanistic hierarchies. But why do some people - a lot of people really - seek to do good. Consider the following website to get an idea of what motivates people to become altruistic http://www.humantruth.info/altruism.html. As you read through the entire site consider the following questions. Consider the reading in light of the questions and write your reaction to it on your wiki. The questions are only a guide. **Due next class.** Be sure to have the answers to the following questions posted on your wiki.
 * __Lesson 1__
 * 1) Are we, as some might say, motivated by a desire to save our off-spring?
 * 2) Must there always be some sort of intrinsic reward for doing good?
 * 3) Mr. Otis once said, "That having integrity is doing the right thing when no one is watching." If this is so, and no one knows when we have done good, would you still do good?
 * 4) "Delayed reciprocal altruism", seems like a gamble - back to game theory, any way. Does this seem to make sense to you. That is that we act out of a desire to have what we have done being done to us?
 * 5) Are we ever being truly "selfless" when committing an act of altruism?

__**Lesson 2**__ Open the above power point presentation, "MotivationHungerToSex". Homework:

__**Lesson 3**__ Human sexuality and motivation. A brief lecture followed by some questions: [|The Kinsey Institute] [|A Gay Gene?]

On your wikispace be sure to create a journal entry responding to the question below. Of course you must have read the article, //"A Gay Gene?".// You might also want to have looked through the Kinsey Institute's website. From here you might find out some current trends on human sexuality and motive.


 * What might be the social/political implications for there being a gay gene?**


 * Problem Solving Activity: Counseling High School: [[file:Sexual Orientation - Group Solution.pages]]**

__**Lesson 4 Aggression**__ What is aggression? Are there universal definitions of what it is? Consider this exercise and use it as a base for discussion. You will also be asked to do a questionnaire on aggression. See document here:
 * Optional lesson.**