Getting Starte... Student Portal V University: Th... Vit Open App a AA Athlete or Musician An athlete (or musician) performs well, and she very much enjoys her sport (instrument). She loves to play and practice, but she would like to develop her talents further, much further in fact. For some reason, her rate of improvement is laboriously slow and often nonexistent. She wants to become an elite performer, but it does not seem to be happening. Medical Patient A physician tells a patient to lose 40 pounds or risk a heart attack. The patient understands the need to make a lifestyle change. Although he knows the physician is right, he is nevertheless pessimistic that he will ever take his physician's advice and make the lifestyle change. Exercise and a healthy diet are just not his thing. He doubts that the lifestyle change is really worth the fuss. Suffering Student A student is taking an advanced class. He comes to class, reads the book, and studies his notes-just as he has done in many previous classes. On the mid- term exam, he does so poorly that he feels ashamed of himself. He feels lost and overwhelmed. He has lost all motivation for the second half of the course and wishes he could just stop going. In reading each case study, pursue the three earlier listed objectives-namely, explain motivation, predict motivation, and solve the motivational problem. First, attempt to diagnose why the person might currently be experiencing that particular motivational experience. You will not, of course, have access to the important details of his or her situation, but you can still generate a hypothesis or two. Se App AA In reading each case study, pursue the three earlier listed objectives-namely, explain motivation, predict motivation, and solve the motivational problem. First, attempt to diagnose why the person might currently be experiencing that particular motivational experience. You will not, of course, have access to the important details of his or her situation, but you can still generate a hypothesis or two. Second, once you have a hypothesis to work with, identify the key sources of the person's motivation. What conditions could affect a change in the person's motivation? Third, apply your knowledge of motivation and emotion to generate a productive course of action to help each person generate the energy and direction needed to solve the motivational or emotional issue. To get you started, Table 17.2 offers a sample analysis for the first case study. * 600 < 3 3 9 5 30 E1 TABLE 17.2 Sample Analysis of Case Study #1 from Box 17 Explain Motivation The child likely sees brushing as an activity that neither enjoyable nor personally important. The child likely lacks both intrinsic motivation and identified regulation (or value) for brushing, or at least sees alternative activities as things that are more enjoyable and personally important. Predict Motivation As long as the child continues to lack intrinsic motivation and/or identified regulation for brushing, brushing will continue to be rare, avoided, procrastinated and if done, then poorly (superficially) done. Solve the Motivational Problem 426 / 540 > Open App QAA P 800 iii vii 1 24 24 44 69 177. 283 363 439 515 530 E1 BOX 17 Five Practice Case Studies Question: Why is this information important? Answer: To practice understanding and solving motivational and emotional problems. Consider five case studies in which a different person faces a motivational or an emotional issue. Use each case study to practice the threefold task of (1) explaining, (2) predicting, and (3) applying motivation and emotion. The goal is to explain why the person's motivation is what it is, predict how his or her motivation would change in response to different events, and propose an intervention to affect the person's motivation and emotion for the better. Child at Home A child resists brushing her teeth at night before going to bed. She does not like it. She does not do it. And, when she does brush her teeth, she does it poorly and only half-heartedly (e.g., she just plays with the water). But her parents see high value in her brushing and they encourage her to do so, although they dread having to deal with their daughter's resistance night after night. Employee at Work A sales representative for a large company receives a monthly sales quota and is told that everything is fine so long as she meets or exceeds her quota. She feels that she has the skills for the job, but 90 percent of the calls she makes fail to produce a sell. The day- to-day job experience is one of rejection and frustration. She is thinking about quitting and looking for another job. Athlete or Musician An athlete for musician) norforms well and che vor < 426 / 540