Motivation and emotion/Lectures/Mindsets, control, and the self

Overview
This lecture discusses:
 * mindsets
 * personal control beliefs
 * the self and its strivings

Take-home messages:
 * Different mindsets lead to different goal striving strategies
 * The core efficacy belief of "I can do it" and the outcome belief of "it will work" lead to competent, enthusiastic functioning
 * Exerting self-control over short-term urges is needed to pursue long-term goals; but this capacity is limited and needs replenishment

Outline
Mindsets
 * What are mindsets?
 * Deliberative – Implemental
 * Prevention – Promotion
 * Fixed – Growth
 * Dissonance – Consistency

Personal control beliefs
 * Expectancy and control
 * Self-efficacy
 * Stress and coping
 * Mastery vs helpnessness
 * Reactance
 * Expectancy-value model

Self
 * Self strivings
 * Self-concept
 * Self-identity
 * Agency
 * Self-regulation

Readings

 * 1) Chapter 09: Mindsets (Reeve, 2018)
 * 2) Chapter 10: Personal control beliefs (Reeve, 2018)
 * 3) Chapter 11: The self and its strivings (Reeve, 2018)

Multimedia

 * How to make stress your friend (Kelly McGonigal, TED talk, 2013) (12:21 min) explains that changing how we think about stress can actually make it good for us.

Slides

 * Mindsets (Google Slides)
 * Personal control beliefs (Google Slides)
 * The self and its strivings (Google Slides)

Recording

 * Lecture 06 (2023)