Autonomy Flashcards
High autonomy
Decides themselves what to think and do, is self-motivated, resists social pressures, behaviours to own standard, self evaluations against own standards
Autonomy is a continuum, high is journey oriented, low is instrumental and destination oriented
Self determination theory
Self governing, autonomy is a basic psychological need, is associated with intrinsic motivation and pursuing intrinsic goals
Deci cognitive evaluation theory
Emphases psychological needs, and reward behaviours depend on how the reward is perceived to affect self-determination
Higher autonomy associations in older adults
Better adjustment to relocation, and lower levels of depression in older adults
Major developmental tasks in developing autonomy
Understand self as operate with own unique perspectives
Clear sense of ‘who I am’
Competencies/mastery
Context-does who I am align with society
What do autonomy supportive environments look like?
Choice. freedom to try, solve, and initiate.
Meaningful rationale (if direction is given)
Context is not always determinative
Lower autonomy support was associated with lower well-being within Russian and US samples
Process model of emotional regulation
pre-situation, situation, attention, appraisal, response
What is a way to actively change your autonomy?
Spend greater proportion of time contexts that support autonomy (pre-situation and situation of process modal).
Cognitive reappraisal
How we interpret situations can influence our well-being: threat or challenge for a task, challenge was more adaptive physiological responding during task
When is Cognitive reappraisal the best?
In uncontrollable situations, and less so in controllable situations (these people reported decreased depression, anxiety, and stress).
Evidence for using signature strengths in new ways
Lowered mood symptoms especially in the first month which plateaued for next 3 months
