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| Self-determination: Self-determination refers to the ability and right of individuals or groups to autonomously make choices, decisions, and govern themselves without external influence or coercion. See also Autonomy, Decisions, Coercion, Society._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Edward L. Deci on Self-Determination - Dictionary of Arguments
Corr I 441 Self-Determination Theory/SDT/Deci/Ryan: Thesis: aspects of people’s interpersonal environments and their own individual differences will affect the degree to which they are able to satisfy their basic psychological needs and sustain their growth-oriented nature. The outcome of this ongoing interaction of people’s inherent proactivity with the social environment that is either supportive or thwarting of their basic psychological needs has a profound impact on their motivation, cognition, affect and wellbeing. Three basic and universal psychological needs: the needs for competence, autonomy and relatedness.(1)(2) Corr I 442 SDT has many components that deal with the interactions of people’s needs, personalities and social contexts. Among them are ones that: address types of motivation, specifically - intrinsic motivation and four types of extrinsic motivation; - consider developmental processes through which these types of motivation change; - examine how aspects of the social context enhance versus deplete the different types of motivation; - relate types of motivation to a range of outcomes including learning, performance, cognitive functioning and wellbeing; - relate various aspirations or life-goals to basic psychological need satisfaction and both performance and wellbeing outcomes; - explore the importance of autonomy across cultures; and - apply these components of SDT to such life-domains as parenting, education, work and healthcare. >Motivation/Deci/Ryan. 1. Deci, E. L. and Ryan, R. M. 1985. Intrinsic motivation and self-determination in human behaviour. New York: Plenum 2. Deci, E. L. and Ryan, R. M. 2000. The ‘what’ and the ‘why’ of goal pursuits: human needs and the self-determination of behaviour, Psychological Inquiry 11: 227–68 Edward L. Deci and Richard M. Ryan, „Self-determination theory: a consideration of human motivational universals“, in: Corr, Ph. J. & Matthews, G. (eds.) 2009. The Cambridge handbook of Personality Psychology. New York: Cambridge University Press_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Deci, Edward L. Corr I Philip J. Corr Gerald Matthews The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Psychology New York 2009 Corr II Philip J. Corr (Ed.) Personality and Individual Differences - Revisiting the classical studies Singapore, Washington DC, Melbourne 2018 |
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