About me

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Figure 1: Hockey field

Hello, My name is Rachel McDonald, I am currently studying Psychology at University of Canberra. I am in my third year and hopefully will progress through to honours and masters to be comes a clinical psychologist. I am contributing to the 2021 book Motivation and emotion, Outside if my studies for work, I am a support worker in mental health and enjoy physically activities, most of the time you will find me on a field hockey.

Hobbies

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Book chapter I am contributing

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Dental fear, (2021)

Social contributions

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Editing changes on wikiversity

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  1. 06:57, 25 August, 2021: Changed the abbreviation in a header from M & E to motivation and emotion, this may not be clear for outside sources (Jonah complex)
  2. 14:04, 6 October, 2021: Made a change who the paragraph begins, instead of they changed to David and Mia both (COVID-19 pandemic impacts on emotion)
  3. 08:40, 17 October, 2021: Hyperlinked the theorists names to a wiki page about them (Transgender medical transitioning motivation)
  4. 09:00, 17 October, 2021: Added an external link, YouTube clip to explain cooperation in game theory (Cooperation motivation)
  5. 09:14, 17 October, 2021: Added a hyperlink, minor grammar changes and italicise figure 1 (Menopause and emotion)
  6. 09:33, 17 October, 2021: Hyperlinked theorists and major concepts & made grammatical changes (Dark triad personality and motivation)
  7. 09:41, 17 October, 2021: Grammatically corrected sentences (Optimism and coping)
  8. 10:35, 17 October, 2021: References italicised to APA formatting and grammatically changed the capital letters in headings (Optimism and physical health)
  9. 10:45, 17October, 2021: References italicised to APA formatting (Peacefulness and well-being)
  10. 09:50, 17 October, 2021: Colour changed a box to seperate questions from statement (Crowds and emotion)
  11. 10:25, 17 October, 2021: Grammatically changed the headings (Dispositional optimism)
  12. 12:40, 17 October, 2021: Italicise references and minor grammar edits (Empathy-altruism hypothesis)
  13. 12:50, 17 October, 2021: Added full words to the abbreviation used (Lottery winners, motivation, and emotion)
  14. 13:34, 17 October, 2021: Added hyperlinks of key words to wiki pages for more information (Psychopathy and violence)

Comments and recommendations

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  1. 16:47, 15 October, 202: Commented on the structure and appearance of the book chapter( Jonah complex)
  2. 11:06, 28 August, 2021: Suggested to see the anger in anti-vaccinating and the people towards the anti-vaccination movement (COVID-19 pandemic impacts on emotion)
  3. 10:42, 28 August, 2021: Suggested to explore the motivation behind scientists and the vaccine, and the governments motivation for lockdown and restrictions(COVID-19 pandemic impacts on motivation)
  4. 09:20, 17 October, 2021: Shared a link of the James Lang theory of emotion to help develop missing section (Menopause and emotion)
  5. 12:57, 17 October, 2021: Recommended a clip to add to external links (indigenous Australians well-being)
  6. 19:41, 17 October, 2021: Made a suggestion for restructuring and refer back to questions (Serenity)

UC discussion forum

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  1. 10:15, 15 October, 2021: Requested feedback on the discussion thread (UC learn).
  2. 19:30, 17 October, 2021: Reviewed and commented on a chapter when requested (UC Learn)