I. INTRODUCTION
In this project, you and your group will need to apply a theory of motivation from the course
textbook to a famous person of your choosing. This famous person must be someone who has a
motivation issue. You will need to 1. Explain this theory briefly, 2. Identify how this theory would
see the motivation challenge of the person you are studying and 3. Identify how this theory would
try to help this person with their motivation.
II. LEARNING OUTCOMES
The project addresses the following outcomes as defined in the Course Syllabus:
1. Demonstrate an understanding of motivational psychology through knowledge of motivational
behavioral principles.
2. Demonstrate critical thinking skills necessary to critically assess actual situations explaining human
behavior.
3. Evaluate scientific studies with an understanding of what constitutes a valid research method.
4. Demonstrate effective communication skills by reading primary and secondary source material,
discussing course content, and writing papers.
5. Demonstrate understanding of the diverse assumptions and values that motivate us and our
behaviors.
III. PROJECT FILES
The associated project files are on Moodle
IV. PROJECT SUMMARY (SCENARIO)
Motivation is a critical part of a healthy and productive life. Overcoming challenges to motivation plays an important role in overcoming difficult times and achieving one’s goals. By understanding how to apply a theory of motivation to another person, you will have a better idea of how to apply this theory to yourself.
V. DELIVERABLES AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT
DELIVERABLE 1 (10%): CASE STUDY “MOTIVATIONAL ANALYSIS”
For this deliverable, you will need to prepare an analysis of motivation on the famous person in which you apply a knowledge of motivation. Your submission must have one reference for each member in the group.
Your case study must follow provided rubrics and count 1000 -1500 words. You must include in-text citations and a references in APA style. Your submission needs to have depth and to show that you have thought through it well and researched it well. Where students only provide content that is common sense, quite obvious, vague, simple, and lacking in depth (ie: Our famous person should motivate himself by being positive and giving himself rewards), students will lose points. Students are welcome to encourage positive thinking in their papers, but should also write in a way that is specific, practical, yet meaningful. To avoid providing information that is lacking in depth, students are encouraged to ask themselves questions about the content they are writing, such as: “Do most people already know what I am writing? Are they learning anything new (that they didn’t know before) from my submission?”
For Project Deliverable 1, please make sure that you apply knowledge on motivation and relate it to the real-life example in a logic and clear way. Please make sure to answer/ discuss all of the below questions/ points, in order to get a strong grade.
Structure of PD1:
1. Introduction
2. Case description – Briefly describe the famous person you are studying.
a. Celebrity data (age, gender, education, profession, etc.);
b. Short biography with a special attention to the achievements and failures; Provide possible causes of failures and supportive factors for achievements (physiological, individual, and social).
3. What are the most important needs and goals behind the famous person’s motivation?
4. How would you describe the famous person motivation applying known characteristics (e.g. activation, vigor,
persistence and direction)? Please be specific and detail-oriented.
5. Discuss what learned motives were in the analyzed case (what was gained through observation, conditioned
or reinforced).
6. Would you consider the motivation of the famous person as more intrinsic or extrinsic (Please consider
physiological, individual and social levels of analysis)? Provide supporting arguments.
7. Conclusion & suggestions.
The material you are supposed to apply in PD1 is Introduction to Motivation (chapter 1), Learned motives (chapter 5). The deliverable 1 should be coherent, logic and well-written. You have to show the relationships between theory and practice.
Submitted files have to include in the title: your course code, section, name and student ID of
the group leader. Additionally, all group members’ names with their ID have to be written in the
title page. Otherwise, 10 points will be deducted from the total of each deliverable.
Deliverable 2 (15%): Interactive Workshop “How to improve Intrinsic Motivation”
Your group must present your findings in a creative way to the class using an interactive workshop. The purpose of this
workshop is to give the other students in the class the opportunity to learn, practice, and interact about the findings that
you described in Project Deliverable 1. Activities, games, competitions, discussion and other creative teaching methods
are most welcome. You have to be able to answer questions from the other students or your professor related to your
project. Please be specific, professional, and familiar with the whole project content. Your workshop needs to show
evidence that it was well-practiced – reading from notes, phones or other devices is not acceptable. You are expected
to conduct a workshop 30-40 minutes long.
PD2 has to include the following elements:
1. Brief overview of PD1 (1-2 slides)
2. Interactive part. You have to plan various activities directed on developing of our intrinsic motivation and solving
motivational problems or overcoming difficulties (e.g. self-evaluation, tricky questions, directed discussion, team
games, etc.).
During the workshop you can use as supportive knowledge taken form the motivation theories such as: Social Motivation Theory (Chapter 9), any of the attribution theories (Chapter 10), any of the cognitive consistency theories, any of the
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competence and control theories (Chapter 11), the expectancy value theories (Chapter 8), and any of the emotions as motivators theories (Chapter 12).
Submitted files have to include in the title: your course code, section, name and student ID of
the group leader. Additionally, all group members’ names with their ID have to be written in the
title page. Otherwise, 10 points will be deducted from the total of each deliverable.
VI. PLAGIARISM
Messages, mottos or slogans created for the purpose of this project should be expressions of students’ individuality, creativity, and personalities. Therefore, the possibility to plagiarize is minimal. For their theoretical framework, students will use the Textbook and not sources available on the internet.
However, upon suspicion and/or doubt of the authenticity of the work submitted, the course professor has the right to ask the student to verify her/his work. This can be done through, but not limited to, oral examination or discussion, or any other action deemed necessary.
If the student fails to prove the authenticity of the work, then the Instructor will apply the academic misconduct rules as mentioned in the AUM Student Handbook (see point 16.1.2, page 27) which may result to a zero grade.
Students are expected and encouraged, to be honest and to maintain the highest standards of academic integrity in their academic work and assignments at the University. Any act of Academic Dishonesty may result in severe consequences.