L7- Affective And Social Factors

Question 1

What are the three main affective factors of educational psychology?

Answer 1

• general principles
• motivation
• emotion

Question 2

What are the three main social principles of educational psychology?

Answer 2

• teacher and classroom instruction
• peers
• parents and family

Question 3

Define emotion

Answer 3

Response to important events which comprises of several components

Components:

• affective
• cognitive
• motivational
• psychological
• expressive

Question 4

What is motivation?

Answer 4

Process underlying direction and intensity of behaviour

Question 5

What does motivation overlap with?

Answer 5

Emotion, which can prompt motivation. And the motivation itself can include emotions

Question 6

What is the role of appraisal ?

Answer 6

Motivation emotions can influence or be influenced by appraisal

Appraisal is of a specifc event/ situation

Question 7

What are the two types of appraisal ?

Answer 7

-Self concept (belief of ability), expectancy (confidence to solve a task and of success) and causal attributions (perceptions of causes of success and failure)

-weiner =
Internal and external locus
Stability
Controlability

-Values; determines the perceived importance of learning

= intrinsic value (interest and enjoyment)
=Attainment value (personal importance of achievement)
=utility value (instrumental value)
= cost (negative value)

Question 8

What are the three theories of motivation?

Answer 8

• self determination theory
• achievement goal theory
• expectancy- value theories