Motivation and emotion/Book/2023/Machiavellian motivation

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Overview

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Figure 1. Explore the topic, then develop a structure for the book chapter.

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The Overview is typically 180 to 330 words.


  Suggestions for this section:

  • Engage the reader with a scenario, example, or case study, and an accompanying image
  • Explain the problem and why it is important
  • Outline how psychological science can help
  • Present focus questions

Focus questions: Break the problem (see the sub-title) down into three to five focus questions. Focus questions could also be used as top-level headings.

  • What is the first focus question?
  • What is the second focus question?
  • What is the third focus question?

Ask open-ended focus questions. For example:

  • Is there a relationship between motivation and success? (closed-ended)  
  • What is the relationship between motivation and success? (open-ended)  

Main headings

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  • Aim for three to six main headings between the Overview and Conclusion
  • Sub-headings can also be used, but avoid having sections with only one sub-heading

Key points

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  • Provide at least 3 bullet-points per heading, including for the Overview and Conclusion
  • Include key citations

Learning features

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  • Interactive learning features bring online book chapters to life and can be embedded throughout the chapter.

Case studies

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  • Case studies describe real-world examples of concepts in action.
  • Case studies can be real or fictional.
  • A case study could be split into multiple sections throughout a chapter to illustrate different theories or stages.
  • It is often helpful to present case studies using feature boxes.

Feature boxes

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  • Important content can be highlighted in a feature box. But don't overuse feature boxes, otherwise they lose their effect. There are several ways of creating boxes. Recommended: Pretty boxes).
  • Consider using feature boxes for:
    • Focus questions
    • Case studies or examples
    • Quiz questions
    • Take-home messages
A very simple box can be created by using a space at the start of the line
Feature box example
  • Shaded background
  • Coloured border
  • Change the theme number for different colours

Figures

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Figure 2. Example of an image with a descriptive caption.
  • Use figures to illustrate concepts, add interest, and to serve as examples
  • Figures can show photos, diagrams, graphs, etcetera
  • Figures can be embedded throughout the chapter, including the Overview section
  • Figures should be captioned (using Figure #. and a description). Captions explain the relevance of the image to the text/
  • Wikimedia Commons provides a library of embeddable images
  • Images can also be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons if they are openly licensed
  • Refer to each figure at least once in the main text (e.g., see Figure 2)
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  • When key words are introduced, use interwiki links
  • These links can go to:
    • Wikipedia (e.g., Sigmund Freud wrote about (e.g., dreams) or
    • Related book chapters (e.g., if your are struggling, you might be interested to read the chapter about writer's block)

Tables

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  • Use tables to organise and summarise information
  • As with figures, tables should be captioned (e.g., see Table 1)
  • Refer to each table at least once in the main text (e.g., see Table 1)
  • Example 3 x 3 tables which could be adapted

Table 1. Descriptive Caption Which Explains The Table and its Relevant to the Text - Johari Window Model

Known to self Not known to self
Known to others Open area Blind spot
Not known to others Hidden area Unknown

Quizzes

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  • Using one or two review questions per major section is usually better than a long quiz at the end
  • Quiz conceptual understanding, rather than trivia
  • Don't make quizzes too hard
  • Different types of quiz questions are possible; see Quiz

Example simple quiz questions. Choose your answers and click "Submit":

1 Quizzes are an interactive learning feature:

True
False

2 Long quizzes are a good idea:

True
False


Conclusion

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  • The Conclusion is arguably the most important section
  • The Conclusion is typically 150 to 330 words
  • What are the take-home messages likely to be?
  • It should be possible for someone to only read the Overview and the Conclusion and still get a good idea of the problem and what is known based on psychological science

  Suggestions for this section:

  • What is the answer to the sub-title question based on psychological theory and research?
  • What are the answers to the focus questions?
  • What are the practical, take-home messages?

See also

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Provide up to 6 internal (wiki) links to relevant Wikiversity pages (esp. related motivation and emotion book chapters) and Wikipedia articles. For example:

  Suggestions for this section:

  • Present in alphabetical order
  • Use sentence casing
  • Include the source in parentheses

References

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List cited references in APA style (7th ed.) or wiki style.

APA style example:

Mercer-Mapstone, L., Dvorakova, S. L., Matthews, K. E., Abbot, S., Cheng, B., Felten, P., Knorr, K., Marquis, E., Shammas, R., & Swaim, K. (2017). A systematic literature review of students as partners in higher education. International Journal for Students as Partners, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.15173/ijsap.v1i1.3119

Rosenberg, B. D., & Siegel, J. T. (2018). A 50-year review of psychological reactance theory: Do not read this article. Motivation Science, 4(4), 281–300. https://doi.org/10.1037/mot0000091

Sears, C. R., Boyce, M. A., Boon, S. D., Goghari, V. M., Irwin, K., & Boyes, M. (2017). Predictors of student satisfaction in a large psychology undergraduate program. Canadian Psychology/Psychologie Canadienne, 58(2), 148–160. https://doi.org/10.1037/cap0000082

  Suggestions for this section:

  • Important aspects for APA style include:
    • Wrap the set of references in the hanging indent template. Use "Edit source": {{Hanging indent|1= the full list of references}}
    • Author surname, followed by a comma, then the author initials separated by full stops and spaces
    • Year of publication in parentheses
    • Title of work in lower case except first letter and proper names, ending in a full-stop
    • Journal title in italics, volume number in italics, issue number in parentheses, first and last page numbers separated by an en-dash(–), followed by a full-stop
    • Provide the full doi as a URL and working hyperlink
  • The most common mistakes include:
    • Incorrect capitalisation
    • Incorrect italicisation
    • Citing sources that weren't read or consulted

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Provide up to 6 external links to relevant resources such as presentations, news articles, and professional sites. Use sentence casing. For example:

  Suggestions for this section:

  • Only select links to major external resources about the topic
  • Present in alphabetical order
  • Include the source in parentheses after the link