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#787 Kennon Sheldon - Freely Determined; The New Psychology of the Self, and How to Live

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The Role of the Social World in Self-Determination Theory

The social environment in self-determination theory does it play a role there that's an excellent question. and what does autonomy mean in this context I'll do we approach it from a psychological perspective yeah well there's a lot of different definitions of autonomy going back few times. It means to have an internal perceived locus of causality I am causing my own behavior I am choosing to do it or if I'm allowing myself to be directed by another person so it means to agree with what one is doing. If you don't have that feeling of agreeing with what you're doing it can be very debilitating for one’s mental health, he says.

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