VALUES, MOTIVATION, Chapter 07

AND GOAL THEORIES

 WHAT ARE YOUR
GOALS? Think
about it!
HOW AND WHY DID YOU
CHOOSE THEM?
 GOALS…GOALS…GOALS

Sense of direction
Called core goals, personal striving,
personal projects, life tasks, future
aspiration
Motivational objectives by which we
direct our lives
Pursued over a long period of time.
 WHY MAKE GOALS

Sense of purpose
Adds structure
For one’s well-being (as
always….) 
LET’S FOCUS ON THE CONTENT OF GOALS

What goals are pursued? – for example,

personal growth or money? Love or
attractiveness?
Why goals are pursued? because I want
to or because I have to?
How congruent one’s activities are with
one’s values? (Let’s talk about values,
later)
 BIG GOALS DON’T CRY!

 Intrinsic vs Extrinsic (by Deci & Ryan)

 Authentic/self-concordant (do they
match your values system?)
 Approach
Harmonious
Flexible vs appropriate (do they change
over time?)
Activity goals
 WHY ARE WE AND SHOULD BE DRIVEN
BY GOALS?
Basic premise: humans strive to be self-
governed and behaviors are “volitional,
intentional, or self-caused.

Amotivatio External Introjected Identified Integrated Intrinsic

n Regulation Regulation Regulation Regulation Regulation

No motivation goal that we find we engage in a goal

External forces The goal is
consistent with or activity that
(someone Out of guilt, “ought personally
who we are, yet is fully intrinsic and
forces/asks you to to. Should do” meaningful (in my
there is still some done because it is
do it) best interest)
outcome at the end. interesting in itself.
 WHAT ARE THE
BENEFITS WHEN YOU
INTENTIONALLY CHOOSE
WHAT YOU DO? Think
about it.
DOES IT SOUND LIKE
“PURSUING YOUR
PASSION?”
 WAYS TO CULTIVATE MOTIVATION TO
REACH GOALS….

1.Provide choices. Options!

Options! Options!
2.Feedback that highlights
competence
3.Caring relationship
VALUES
 BASICS OF VALUES

Values are different from needs in

that they are ideas that are dear to
us and that implicitly or explicitly
govern our lives.
 BASICS OF VALUES

10 Universal Values:
power; universalism;
achievement; benevolence;
hedonism; tradition;
stimulation; conformity;
self-direction; security.
DO YOU CHOOSE YOUR
INTENTIONS AND
DECISIONS BASED ON
VALUES?
 VALUES CLARIFICATION ACTIVITY

Let’s try the BULL’S EYE WORKSHEET.