Why We Do What We Do Ch. 13

Question 1

freedom and constraints

Answer 1

People find freedom by accepting real constraints and some arbitrary conventions created by social organizations

Question 2

freedom and goals

Answer 2

People can end up being controlled by their goals

Question 3

freedom

Answer 3

a state in which people are allowed substantial opportunities to choose what to do and how to live, with relatively few arbitrary constraints

Question 4

Deci’s account of freedom

Answer 4

human freedom means to be truly autonomous: to act in a way that is not bounded by introjects, rigid inner structors, self-criticsms, or the push to defy limiting forces

Question 5

external forces and freedom

Answer 5

Social, political, and economic systems affect the extent to which people are psychologically free but they don’t determine it

Question 6

material accumulation and freedom

Answer 6

Our society’s value on material accumulation has made people particularly vulnerable to being controlled by contingent financial rewards and contingent love

Question 7

freedom is a ____ phenomenon

Answer 7

moment-to-moment

Question 8

freedom ->

Answer 8

authenticity and responsibility

Question 9

can compliance and defiance lead to authenticity and responsibility?

Answer 9

no

Question 10

choice and freedom

Answer 10

The experience of choice is at the heart of human freedom

Question 11

what limits freedom?

Answer 11

human vulnerabilities