Talk:Motivation and emotion/Book/2013/Avoidance motivation

Avoidance motivation & Learned helplessness?
Hi, your book chapter is a very interesting topic as we have final exams coming!

I think it's very demanding when we have to face some heavy tasks such as a big assignment or final exams.

So, some people may just give up studying or doing assignments, and just hang out with friends.

In my opinion, these kinds of avoidance behaviour can be explained by Martin seligman's Learned Helplessness theory.

If we have heavy or very difficult tasks, we learned that there is nothing we can do.

As a result, we avoid doing the tasks.

I'm not sure if this makes sense.. but hopefully it will help for your book chapter development!

+ Refer this article if you need it (This article discusses about avoidance behaviour based on the theory)

Maier, S. F., & Seligman, M. E. (1976). Learned helplessness: Theory and evidence. Journal of experimental psychology: general, 105(1), 3.

Good Luck :) JisuKim (discuss • contribs)

Previous chapter/work
Note that there was a previous chapter on this topic: Motivation and emotion/Book/2011/Avoidance motivation but that it become apparent that there were plagiarism problems. Thus, that previous chapter may be deleted. We need a new, improved, non-plagiarised chapter! Check the chapter's talk page for more info. Sincerely, James -- Jtneill - Talk - c 03:31, 12 August 2013 (UTC)

Comments
Hi! Not sure if you're planning on talking about procrastination and such, but there's a method that's used to reduce it called the pomodoro technique, here's a link to a reference http://baomee.info/pdf/technique/1.pdf Also here's a video you might find helpful that go's over some theories around procrastination and ways to reduce it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nBwfZZvjKo Thegrounav (discuss • contribs) 00:56, 26 September 2013 (UTC)

Hi Emily Not sure if you've come across this article yet but it covers the basics of Avoidance Motivation as well as some empirical evidence and it also discusses some of the brain regions involved in the processes. I've noticed that you've outlined these in your contents section. Hope you find it useful :) http://www.psych-it.com.au/Psychlopedia/article.asp?id=60 Akshoo93 (discuss • contribs) 02:08, 16 October 2013 (UTC)

Hi Emily Good start - Andrew Elliot has some good articles in this area of study. I have found using the UC databases a good start. Florence21 (discuss • contribs) 00:50, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

Hey Emily, Your topic links in well with my topic - fear of failure. I don't know if you were going to include this or not, but it might be interesting to look into why people avoid or put of doing certain tasks when they are afraid of failing that task. I know that when I put off/avoid assignments it is because of a fear of failure, but avoiding the task just increases the likelihood of failing. It would be interesting to look into the underlying avoidance motivations of this behaviour. Victoriagc (discuss • contribs) 04:52, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

Hi Emily - good progress since last time I looked! The quiz is awesome. I would just suggest you reword "How to control avoidance". Maybe how to combat avoidance ?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! stay calm and avoid zombies... because they are a risk? HAAAAAAAAAA! LiabillyWildflower (discuss • contribs)

Links
Hey there! I am doing a little bit on procrastination in my chapter (Behavioural economics and habits) just wondering if it's okay for me to link to your chapter in my "see also" section? Good luck with the rest of your chapter! Ashkrance (discuss • contribs) 05:29, 28 October 2013 (UTC)