超越简约主义:理解动机激活需要更高层次的构造
Kennon M Sheldon1, Richard M Ryan2,3
1Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri Sheldonk@missouri.edumissouri.edu.
The Behavioral and brain sciences
|January 31, 2025
概括
人类行为激活需要理解目标,而不仅仅是计算过程. 高层次的动机构造对于完整地解释为什么人们会行动是必不可少的.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 行为科学 行为科学
- 认知科学 认知科学
背景情况:
- 目前的研究经常使用计算或简化模型来解释动机.
- 这些模型可能过度简化了人类行为的复杂性.
研究的目的:
- 批评计算方法对动机的充分性.
- 倡导将高阶的动机构造纳入行为解释中.
主要方法:
- 对现有的动机理论进行概念分析.
- 批评减少主义模型在解释人类行为时的能量化.
- 展示了保留更高层次的动机构造的好处.
主要成果:
- 仅靠计算/还原方法就不足以解释人类行为的能量化.
- 人类行为需要考虑意向和目标 ('人们试图做什么').
- 目标文章的方法隐含地假定没有明确承认的更高阶构造.
结论:
- 对动机的全面理解需要整合更高层次的结构.
- 保留,而不是抛弃,这些构造提供了一个更丰富的解释行为.
- 未来的研究应该明确纳入目标导向和更高层次的激励因素.
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