User:U3170151

About me
Michael (u3170151).

Student of Science in Psychology at the University of Canberra, currently studying motivation and emotion.

Areas of interest: Psychopathology, Physiological psychology, Positive psychology

Professional ePortfolio

Book chapter
While studying motivation and emotion (semester 2, 2021), I developed a chapter on Growth needs to add to the book.

Hobbies:

 * PC Building
 * Woodworking
 * Gardening
 * Competitive Gaming
 * Gym
 * Study

Discussion board
Contributions via UC the Canvas Discussion board feature
 * 1) 10/08/2021: Attempted to troubleshoot a quiz issue a peer was experiencing.
 * 2) 7/10/2021: Joining in on a light conversation surrounding anesthesia's cognitive side effects.
 * 3) 12/10/2021: Shared my discovery concerning in-text links.
 * 4) 12/10/2021: Answered a question about referencing figures.
 * 5) 16/10/2021: More light conversation with peers.

Chapter contributions
Contributions to motivation and emotion book chapters.
 * 1) 29/08/2021: Suggested a topic of particular interest pertaining to a peer's chapter and provided the material that piqued my interest.
 * 2) 6/10/2021: Fixed a handful of spelling/grammatical errors present on the book chapter - Guidelines assessment information page, as well as some minor edits to sentences to improve clarity.
 * 3) 12/10/2021: Edited/reformatted a table on the Growth mindset chapter to improve clarity as it took me a while to realise what it was trying to convey
 * 4) 15/10/2021: Edited the in-text links on the gaslighting chapter as they were linking to wikiversity chapters that didn't exist. Also left a message on the discussion board informing them of my edit and demonstrated the steps so they could do it themself in the future.



Twitter
My contributions through twitter.com
 * 1) 7/10/2021: Offered an opportunity for #emot21 gang to post chapters for review or discussion.
 * 2) 8/10/2021: Posted a particularly interesting TED Talk concerning growth needs, and linked it to the previous week's tutorial content for discussion.
 * 3) 11/10/2021: Relatable tweet about getting artistic with our chapters to avoid copyright.(and a peek behind the curtains concerning my artistic process).
 * 4) 11/10/2021: Found an unreferenced source in the Reeve text, let John know.

Other
Any contributions that don't fit into the previous categories including tutorial engagement, wiki commons uploads, and other.
 * 1) Every Thursday, 6pm: provided engaging illustrations to accompany the tutorial information and activities.
 * 2) 29/08/2021: Created and uploaded to Wikimedia Commons a diagram representing a three-factor model of motivation.
 * 3) 7/10/2021: Created and uploaded a graphic conceptualization of fixed and growth mindsets to Wikimedia Commons.
 * 4) 7/10/2021: Created an adapted version of Maslow's Hierarchy of human needs which includes examples of each need, whether they are: motivated by growth or deficit, are physiological or psychological, and tend towards survival or thriving.
 * 5) 10/10/2021: Created an original, sequentially staged model of the antecedents, motivations, and outcomes of deficiency and growth needs with descriptive annotations and uploaded it to Wikimedia Commons.
 * 6) 11/10/2021: Created and uploaded to Wikimedia Commons a particularly artistic infographic displaying the differing attitudes of growth and fixed mindset harboring individuals.
 * 7) 11/10/2021: Adapted and uploaded brain scan results from Moser et al., (20011) to Wikipedia Commons.
 * 8) 12/10/2021: Sourced an image with a creative commons license and uploaded it to Wikipedia Commons (wanted something aesthetically pleasing for the thumbnail photo and my art skills are only so strong...).