the conscious and unconscious mind

8/13/2019 The Conscious and Unconscious Mind

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Motivation is defined as theprocess that initiates, guidesand maintains goal-orientedbehaviors. Motivation is whatcauses us to act, whether it is

getting a glass of water toreduce thirst or reading a bookto gain knowledge.


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Different types of motivation are frequentlydescribed as being either extrinsic orintrinsic. Extrinsic motivationsare those thatarise from outside of the individual andoften involve rewards such as trophies,money, social recognition or praise. Intrinsic

motivationsare those that arise from withinthe individual, such as doing a complicatedcross-word puzzle purely for the personal

gratification of solving a problem.
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Human Behavior is the capacityofmental, physical, emotional, and

social activitiesexperienced during thefive stagesof a human being's life -prenatal, infancy, childhood,

adolescence, and adulthood. Includesthe behaviorsas dictated by culture,society, values, morals, ethics, and

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Situation[Role] - The current situation the person is in. e.g being in aprison vs being at an office, a pool party or walking past a house onfire. Special mention should be given to 'normal' social situations andcrisis situations.Environment[Resources] - Beyond just the situation, this is whatresources someone has access to, e.g if you can already hear the firefighters sirens, if it is dark and the guards aren't looking, or if there arenice windows with trees to look out at when stressed.

Habits[Triggered/Automatic Responses] - Habits are usually thosethings which you do without really thinking about anymore. , doing afamiliar behaviour from now on. An example might be brushing yourteeth before you go to bed. At some point you had to learn the habit,but now you do the behaviour almost instinctively.History [Knowledge and experience] - How/Have you been trained todeal with the situation? Have you been in a similar situation, what didyou do and did it work?Perspective[Time, Beliefs] - What is your Time Perspective (pastpositive/negative, present headonistic, deterministic, future oriented,afterlife). What is your religious and moral beliefs. Do you align yourselfto an emo, punk, hippy, military or some other stereotype? This is verysimilar to the cultural expectations, but regarding the specific sub-group to the general culture.

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Culture [Expectations] - What the general expectations are for a person in thatsituation and environment. If your sub-group hasn't specified what it's stance is,then what is generally considered morally justified? Stopping CPR on the randomhomeless guy on the street after 4mins might be seen as fine, whilst stopping CPRafter 20mins on a child who's drowned in a pool might cause outrage.

Emotions [Mood] - Was the person happy or sad at the time?Hormones [Emotional propensity] - If you are a teenage male you are likely to have asurge in testosterone which will amplify the likelyhood of aggression (assuming thesituation is one that involves violence or aggression). This can be thought of asshortening the 'fuse' so to speak. Pregnant women can be particularly susceptible tostress and may become even more irritable due to lack of food than normal... Drugscan also have a similar although usually more profound but short lived effect.

Pre natal[How birth affected you] - Humans are far more susceptible toconditioning during birth than most people realise. When your mother was pregnantwith you, if she was heavily stressed then it can have negative consequences. If shewas obese then you are more likely to be obese A child after birth also needs theright amount of care and attention. They need to be held and touched and talked to.

Genetics[Physical propensity] - There is barely a 0.5% difference in genetic materialbetween humans and we are only 4-6% genetically different from apes. Our DNA is90% similar to cats. Given such similarity it is generally said that genetics can cause apropensity for a particular behaviour or physical attribute, but it is the environmentwhich which has the most impact.

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