Community Psychology, working for change

Ms AS Nkoe
Student number: 45252726
PYC 3716
Semester 1: Assignment 01
Unique Assignment No 684609


2. Motivations listed in Akintola (2011) :


 Values: satisfying humanitarian obligation to help others or showing empathy
for others;
 Community: concern for and worry about community;
 Career: seeking career-related benefits/connections, skills or experience;
 Protective: reducing negative feelings about oneself;
 Understanding: desire to better understand how to help others in society or
exercise skills that are unused;
 Enhancement: desire to feel better about oneself or be needed by others;
 Reciprocity: attracting good things to oneself;
 Recognition: needing recognition of one’s skills and contribution;
 Reactivity: addressing own current or past issues; and
 Social: meeting the expectation of or getting the approval of significant others

The motivation that top my list in order is as follows:
 Understanding: desire to better understand how to help others in society or
exercise skills that are unused

 Values: satisfying humanitarian obligation to help others or showing empathy
for others;
 Community: concern for and worry about community

 Career: seeking career-related benefits/connections, skills or experience;
 Enhancement: desire to feel better about oneself or be needed by others;
 Reciprocity: attracting good things to oneself;
 Recognition: needing recognition of one’s skills and contribution;
 Reactivity: addressing own current or past issues; and
 Social: meeting the expectation of or getting the approval of significant others
 Protective: reducing negative feelings about oneself;


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