Lecture 24: Law school

Question 1

What are the elements of the Neurotic Triad

Answer 1

Neurotic
Paranoid
Depressed

Question 2

Who scores highest on job satisfaction and wellbeing? lowest?

Answer 2

Clergy

Lawyers

Question 3

What was Krieger’s main Hypothesis?

Answer 3

The intense pressure and competitive success norms reorient students away from positive personal interests and values and towards rewards and more image based values, leading to a less of self esteem, life satisfaction and wellbeing.

controlling and a focus on extrinsic aspirations

Question 4

what is law school like?

Answer 4

1. competitive
2. excessively abstract
3. teaching practices isolative and intimidating

Question 5

are law students different from other students to begin with? selection bias?

Answer 5

law students are actually higher on wellbeing and intrinsic aspirations relative to other students before they start law school

Question 6

how are wellbeing, life values, motivation and needs satisfaction affected by law school?

Answer 6

there is a significant drop during the first year and then they stay stable (but do not recover)

Question 7

What were the findings about GPA?

Answer 7

the most highly intrinsically motivated and identified had the highest GPA in the first year

then those students were identified and encouraged to pursue high prestige kinds of law and then their wellbeing dropped

Question 8

What are Deci’s 3 points about remaining autonomous in a controlling environment

Answer 8

1. What your regular motivation orientation is will make a difference: individual differences, environment will respond
2. Promoting your own development: finding supports
3. Managing one’s own experiences: Emotion regulation: awareness + flexibility
   Behavior regulation: feedback + flexibility