PSY 355 Week 3 Motivation and Cognitions PPT

Resource: Motivation and Cognitions PPT Grading Guide

 

Select one of the following behaviors as the basis for your presentation:

• Eating healthy
• Exercising
• Smoking cessation
• Attending college
• Starting a family

 

Create a 12 -15 slide PowerPoint presentation (with detailed speaker notes) in which you evaluate how goals, mindsets, and personal beliefs affect motivation to engage or disengage in the selected behavior. Include the following:

• Cover page
• Introduction
• Compare the four types of mindsets, and identify which is most appropriate for the selected activity.
• Analyze the influence of human cognition and other factors related to self on motivation―including self-concept, self-esteem, and self-regulation―to engage in your selected behavior.
• Explain self-efficacy, mastery beliefs, and learned helplessness, and their relationship to motivation.
• Identify and analyze relevant theories on goal setting, mindset, personal control, and the self.
• Conclusion
• Reference page

 

Include at least 2 references from scholarly, peer-reviewed sources plus the textbook. Detailed speaker notes (on each slide) should include citations. Include relevant graphics.

 

Format your PowerPoint presentation according to APA guidelines. Reference page and cover page are required and do not count towards the 12 -15 slides.

 

Submit your assignment.