HOMESTUDY: Children, Motivation and Effort - Theodore Wasserman, PhD and Lori Wasserman, PhD, 3 CEs

This workshop describes the fusion of cognitive neuroscience and the construct of motivation by describing how the construct is expressed by the various network functions and properties of the human brain. We will discuss the developmental and biological development of motivation as well as describe each of the major steady state networks that serve as its core. The data and research presented will demonstrate that motivation is very much a task and situationally human response that has both state and trait like properties. After this background, we will point out where this new model leads to implications that are not consistent with current practices and paradigms of psychology and neuropsychology. Where these inconsistencies are identified, we provide suggestions concerning how these practices may need to be amended going forward. Objectives: As a result of attending this presentation, participants will be able to: Describe the contribution of the reward recognition network, the error prediction network, and evaluation and appraisal systems in the development and maintenance of motivational arousal. Discuss the role of expectancy theory in the understanding of human motivation. Discuss the role of emotion in motivation valuation and appraisal. Identify the state- and trait-like properties of motivation. Increase their understanding of what can and what cannot be determined by tests of malingering and symptom validity. Develop practical intervention techniques for working with poorly motivated children and adults.