Chapter 4 Unit 3
Choices and actions: The self in control
By Mpilo MT
,Unit 3 – Learning Objectives
• Distinguish four patterns that influence the
choices people make
• Analyse how a belief in free will affects
behaviour
• Summarise how a hierarchy of goals affects
planning and reaching goals
• Explain the TOTE (Test-Operate-Test-Exit) loop
• Identify the two main pathways to self-
destructive behaviour
, What you do, and what it means
• Culture is a network of meaning
– Human beings who live in culture act based
on meaning; what you do depends partly on
what it means
• Thinking enables people to make use of
meaning
– Make better choices for guiding behaviour
Copyright © 2017 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved.
Choices and actions: The self in control
By Mpilo MT
,Unit 3 – Learning Objectives
• Distinguish four patterns that influence the
choices people make
• Analyse how a belief in free will affects
behaviour
• Summarise how a hierarchy of goals affects
planning and reaching goals
• Explain the TOTE (Test-Operate-Test-Exit) loop
• Identify the two main pathways to self-
destructive behaviour
, What you do, and what it means
• Culture is a network of meaning
– Human beings who live in culture act based
on meaning; what you do depends partly on
what it means
• Thinking enables people to make use of
meaning
– Make better choices for guiding behaviour
Copyright © 2017 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved.
