Based on Patch Adam - apply 4 contemporary motivation theories

Locke’s Goal-Setting Theory

Bandura’s Self-Efficacy Theory

Reinforcement theory

Cognitive Evaluation Theory

3) Commitment: He puts deliberate efforts into achieving his goals (makes patients happy). As proof, he did not give up on assuring Mr Davis (room 305), that receiving doctor and nurse consultation would help cure his cancer.

  • The first attempt to talk to Mr Davis was unsuccessful when he was kicked out.
  • For his second attempt, he disguises himself as a fairy and reads a bible that contains an important message about death.
  • Mr Davis accepted those approaches.

4) Feedback: He has received good feedback from another doctor (Dr Eaton) and other nurses (Judy and Joletta). They are fully supporting Patch Adam as he already brought a good thing to the hospital.

2) Challenge: He challenged himself to pursue his study in medicine even though it was a bit late, which made him the oldest first-year student in that medical institution. He is also a former mental patient after admitting himself to a mental institution due to developing suicidal thoughts.

5) Task Complexity: He got significant opposition from Dean Walcott due to contradicting his beliefs. However, Hunter continued trying harder until he graduated from that institution.

1) Clarity: Hunter Adam knows and is aware of what he wants to achieve in the future; that is, he finds out that using humour, rather than doctor-centred psychotherapy, can better help the patients. So he decided to enrol at the Medical College of Virginia.

  • It can be defined as individuals who set specific and challenging goals, leading to higher performance than those who put it in general and simple.
  • This is can be shown in Hunter Patch Adam's characteristics as he fulfils the five principles of goal setting.
  • In the movies, Hunter Patch Adam, Truman Schiff and Carin Fisher have shown higher efficacy.
  • Hunter has greater confidence in treating patients with humour and compassion
  • He never gave up (demonstrating greater persistence in the face of difficulties), continued to devote himself to patients.

  • It can be defined as an individual's belief in his or her ability to execute the actions required to create particular performance outcomes.
  • Higher efficacy is related to greater confidence, persistence in the face of difficulties and better response to negative feedback.
  • psychological theory that deals with internal (intrinsic) or external (extrinsic)
  • This theory also deals with how likely it is that people will believe that what they do is controlled either internally by themselves or externally by their environment and other people.

Extrinsic

Intrinsic


  • Occurs when the entire hospital staff supports Adam's way of treating patients
  • He continued his studies in the field of medicine despite being late in terms of age because of his desire to help patients in the way he sees fit.
  • He also wants to prove that doctors are not only to treat patients, but doctors should also take care of patients' emotions and reduce their stress
  • Mitch always tries hard to be the top student in his class because he wants to get the title and praise. He's also jealous of Adam's success.
  • He continued in the medical field because his father was also a doctor.

Positive reinforcement - Due to his efforts and methods of treating patients accepted by the hospital staff, he is willing to provide free services to patients who do not have medical insurance.

negative reinforcement - Because Mitch couldn't beat Adam in the previous exam, he was tension and had to study harder to compete better in the upcoming exam

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  • Truman Schiff, Patch's best friend and Carin Fisher, a serious medical student also believe that they are capable enough of performing a task.
  • It can be proven through their passion for pursuing the ambition of becoming a doctor by enrolling in a medical institution.
  • They are also with some old friends, and Hunter runs a free clinic.
  • Focused on a behavioral approach and environmentally caused.
  • Behaviors are shaped by their consequences
  • Individual behaviors can be changed through reinforcement, punishment, and extinction.