Being a psychology PhD student, I wanted to discuss one of my favourite psychology theoretical frameworks that I use to motivate myself. Operant Conditioning is a learning theory identified by Skinner (for more info click here) which in basic terms says that being rewarded encourages behaviour to continue (or increase) and receiving consequences encourages behaviour to stop (or decrease). […]
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In my last PhD update post from November I was whinging about my lack of motivation. I am happy to report that I am back on track with motivation (as much as one can be whilst trying to complete their thesis) and I have had a productive December and start of January. I have submitted what I hope is […]
It is time for the next blog in the ‘operation gtfo’ series. When you are nearing the end of your thesis you need to start writing those pesky introduction chapters. We often put these off for as long as we can because a) we have lots of other things that need to be done and b) we don’t want the […]
** In collaboration** You’re a busy person, and you’ve got a lot of responsibilities in your life, and most of all, you’ve got your studies to keep up with. They take an awful lot out of you, and being able to commit to them and do well means you’ve got a promising future ahead of you! But in the meantime, […]
If you don’t know, I am documenting my journey towards thesis completion through the ‘operation gtfo’ posts. Although the last 6-9 months of a PhD are obviously busy, like really busy, and you feel as though you should be working 80 hours a week, there is never a more important time to implement self-care. I have previously published posts […]
Aside from all the adventures I experienced in 2018, lots of PhD work was also achieved (although maybe not as much as I hoped). 2018 PhD Wrap Up I finished analysing my data for study one (which is a qualitative media analysis)… and then I finished re-analysing some of the raw data after feedback from supervisors. I had finished a […]
