W3 Chapter 5.4 - Implicit and Self-Attributed Motives

Question 1

What is an incentive?

Answer 1

The degree to which an action can satisfy a particular need for a person

Question 2

In what two ways can specific satisfaction of needs be accounted for?

Answer 2

1. Incentives
2. Self-attribution

Question 3

How do needs differ from incentives?

Answer 3

Needs influence behaviour in a nonconscious level, while incentives (values) influence conscious choice processes.

Question 4

What is an implicit motive?

Answer 4

A motive assessed indirectly because it’s relatively inaccessible to consciousness

Question 5

What is a self-attributed motive?

Answer 5

A motive that’s consciously reported.

Question 6

What is another term for self-attributed motives?

Answer 6

Explicit motives

Question 7

What measures are used to determine implicit and self-attributed (explicit) motives, respectively?

Answer 7

Picture story exercise (PSE) is used to measure implicit motives, while self report measures are used to measure self-attributed motives.

Question 8

What implicit motives also known as?

Answer 8

Motives

Question 9

What are self-attributed motives also known as?

Answer 9

Incentives

Question 10

What situations are implicit motives best for predicting?

Answer 10

Broad behavioural tendencies over time

Question 11

What situations are self-attributed motives best for predicting?

Answer 11

Responses in structured settings

Question 12

What types of memories do implicit motives elicit?

Answer 12

Implicit motive predict recall of specific events

Question 13

What types of memories do self-attributed motives elicit?

Answer 13

Self-attributed motives predict recall of general memories related to the self-concept

Question 14

What evidence is there for the notion that implicit and self-attributed motives are different and separate?

Answer 14

1. Incongruence in implicit and explicit motives causes distress