Study guide psichology 2 espe

STUDY GUIDE PSICHOLOGY
ACTIVITY LEARNING 2.1
* How would you interprete the word “motivation”? Give an example of motivating very young learners

Motivation is an internal state or conditionthat activates behavior and gives it direction; it is a desire or want that energizes and directs goal-oriented behavior. Motivation is involved in the performance of all learned responses; that is, astudent behavior will not occur unless it is energized. This word is related with interest, curiosity, desire, achieve.

Example of motivating very young learners:
I would suggest that materialscould be presented at the initial phase; they could take the form of an open forum idea. This would allow the learners to determine what topics they will cover in a task phase, when introducing thetopic of work to a group of students it might be an idea to allow the students to design a questionnaire that they can use to interview each other to determine what the outcome of the task will be (aposter, a written report etc.). By doing this the students are taking a lead role in determining their activities.

* Is it possible that animals could be motivated by novelty and curiosity beforeexecuting any action?

Yes, it is possible; we can say that animals can be motivated, with an example:
We can imagine a hungry dog that hears the sound of bell, the response of this simulate issalivation, the food and the sound of the bell would be motivated to seek food .

Other example of motivation is the animal training it refers to teaching animals specific responses to specificconditions or stimuli.
ACTIVITY LEARNING 2.2
* Describe how Dornyei’s model is divided in five lines.
Dornyei’s model is divides in a three-level categorization. The language level, it means thatthe teacher has to motivate with aspects of the second language, like the culture and the community and the usefulness of the language. The level learner refers to competences that the learner can...