Autonomy Flashcards
Define Autonomy
The psychological need to experience self-direction and personal endorsement in the initiation and regulation of one’s behaviour.
What Are the Three Subjective Qualities Within the Experience of Autonomy?
Internal locus of causality: An individual’s understanding of the causal source of the motivated actions.
Volition: A heartfelt and unpressured willingness to engage in an activity.
Perceived choice over one’s actions: A subjective experience that one may decide to or not to act, or to pursue one course of action rather than another.
What Is the Panic Button Effect?
People do not need to actually have control to reap its benefits.
Define Self-Concordance
The more a goal fits with one’s identify, the more it will result in a sense of autonomy.
What Is the Attribution Theory?
People act as intuitive scientists when they observe behaviours and infer explanations as to why people acted the way they did.
What Are Causal Attributions?
Explanations of why and individual engages in a particular action.
What Are the Two Dimensions of Attributions
Internal attribution: Resides within the individual.
External attribution: Resides within the situation.
Stable attribution: Happens regularly.
Unstable attribution: Happens sporadically.
What Is the Locus of Control?
People in high internal locus of control believe outcomes in their life are caused by them.
People high in external locus of control believe outcome in their life are outside of their control.
What Is the Overjustification Effect?
Extrinsic rewards may have short term rewards, but long term costs.
What Is the Illusion of Control?
Most people tend to overestimate the amount of autonomy they have in their lives.
Define Magical Thinking
Makes us feel as if we have more control over an event than we do.
Define Mind Control
The ability to cause others to act a certain way by thinking about it.
What Is Psychological Reactance?
When people feel as if their freedom is taken away, they reassert their autonomy by doing exactly the opposite of what was requested.
What Is the Difference Between Satisficer and Maximiser?
Satisficer accepts a good-enough choice while maximiser is someone who always wants to make the best possible decison.
