Talk:Motivation and emotion/Book/2020/Goldilocks principle and motivation

Small edit
Hey! Just letting you know that I edited some spelling in your paragraph on infant development ! Feel free to keep it or revert the changes I made :) --U3190016 (discuss • contribs) 11:11, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

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-- Jtneill - Talk - c 12:04, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

Behavioural therapy goldilocks principle
There is an interesting concept in behavioural therapy about how if a reinforcer is too big or too small they won't motivate behaviour change. The reinforcer has to be just right and that is why its called the goldilocks principal. Could be worth looking into --Jackson McNee (discuss • contribs) 04:38, 6 October 2020 (UTC)

Motivational Interviewing
Hi there, I think that motivational interviewing applies the Goldilocks principle very well. In order to promote the most motivation, the discrepancy between where the person is (current self) and where the person would like to be (ideal/possible self) should be just right. There needs to be a match between the person's ability and the difficulty of the task. If the task is too easy, or too hard, motivation will be low, but if the task difficulty matches ability, motivation will be high (inverted-U shape). This is capitalised on with motivational interviewing where the person is encouraged to notice a discrepancy and begin working towards closing it. Hope this might help. -- Tia U3190467 (discuss • contribs) 01:54, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

-- Jtneill - Talk - c 22:43, 5 November 2020 (UTC)