Talk:Motivation and emotion/Book/2020/Giving up goals

Suggestion
Hi there! I am loving the information that you have in your chapter already and it looks like you have some amazing articles! May I make a suggestion to look into the different types of goals, such as intrinsic and extrinsic and how they play a part? I hope this helps! :) U3169316 (discuss • contribs) 03:02, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

Hi. I noticed we have a mutual reference. Wrosch, C., Miller, G. E., Scheier, M. F., & de Pontet, S. B. (2007). Giving Up on Unattainable Goals: Benefits for Health? Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 33(2), 251–265. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167206294905 Have you considered the role cortisol has on lack of motivation and the giving up on goals? This source mentions that there is a link between cortisol secretion and goal disengagement throughout the day. Even if it is not a part of your main chapter it could be an interesting case study or fun fact. --U3174214 (discuss • contribs) 03:42, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

Comment
Hello! I stumbled upon this Tedtalk that you may find interesting and would possibly like to use in your external links? You've got a lot of interesting information already, but I hope this might help you out some more! Here's the link: https://www.ted.com/talks/derek_sivers_keep_your_goals_to_yourself#t-169932 --U3160224 (discuss • contribs) 05:26, 24 August 2020 (UTC)

Hey ! Just letting you know that I edited some spelling and grammar within the giving up goals paragraph ! :) --U3190016 (discuss • contribs) 11:31, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

-- Jtneill - Talk - c 12:51, 20 September 2020 (UTC)

Biology of goals
I am doing a hope therapy book chapter which has links goals and i found a good article about how damage to our hippocampus can affect cognitions towards achieving goals. I have linked the articles https://www-sciencedirect-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/science/article/pii/S0306452217305523?via%3Dihub --Jackson McNee (discuss • contribs) 03:37, 4 October 2020 (UTC)

-- Jtneill - Talk - c 21:54, 14 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Comments on resubmitted book chapter

These revisions have been reviewed. Comments: -- Jtneill - Talk - c 22:27, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) The spelling, grammar, and the overall quality of written expression for original content where problems where tagged has been improved. However, there are similar problems with the quality of written expression for content that been recently added (e.g., "Humanistic psychologists has explored ..." -> "Humanistic psychologists  have explored ...", there are double-spaces, over and under use of capitalisation, Americanised spelling etc.). Some very basic elements of written expression are lacking (e.g., using a capital letter to begin a sentence). Thus, the overall quality of written expression is more or less the same. Seeking professional assistance to improve the quality of written expression is strongly recommended.
 * 2) Incentive theory material has been added to the extrinsic motivation and linked to giving up goals.
 * 3) Expectancy theory of motivation material has been added to the extrinsic motivation and linked to giving up goals.
 * 4) The "When should people give up their goals?" section has been slightly expanded.
 * 5) An example has been added (Sara) to illustrate a real-world situation, but the example is not resolved (e.g., did Sara give up the goal or not? Why or why not? What were the consequences?).
 * 6) A section about "biological factors" has been added. It may be more appropriate to label this as something like "developmental factors".
 * 7) Sections (ideally these would have used wiki headings so they appear in the table of contents) about "implementation intentions", "fixed mindset", "self doubt", "personal control beliefs", "ways of coping", "helplessness", "Maslow's hierarchy of needs", "growth mindset", "self-efficacy theory", "fulfilling your psychological basic needs", "optimistic association", "congruence" have been added, with some citations, and linked to giving up goals. This additional content is the most substantial improvement to the chapter, mainly strengthening theory.
 * 8) The heading structure is messy (e.g., avoid sections with one subsection).
 * 9) The conclusion and take-home messages have been improved.
 * 10) Figure 1 caption has been expanded

-- Jtneill - Talk - c 02:23, 20 November 2020 (UTC)