COMMENTARY ON “THE MEANING MAINTENANCE MODEL: ON THE COHERENCE OF SOCIAL MOTIVATIONS”

Abstract

Meaning Maintenance Model (MMM) was proposed by Heine, Proulx, and Vohs (2006) in the article named “The Meaning Maintenance Model: On the Coherence of Social Motivations”. Additionally, writers were interested in four different motivations and suggested MMM as the underlying motivation among them. However, there is a questionable point in the article. The authors actually selected meaning maintenance motivation as the primary motivation, while it is still possible to select another one as the primary. Thus, questions related with the primary motivation claim are needed to be examined.  Is meaning maintenance a primary motive? Is there any other triggering mechanism for meaning maintenance? Or is it possible to track the supports for meaning maintenance as demonstrating another mechanism? In this paper, specifically, the aim is to analyze the claim of ‘basic motivation’ made by Heine, Proulx, and Vohs (2006) from a different perspective within literature about uncertainty reduction.

Keywords

• Meaning Maintenance Model,Uncertainty Reduction,Uncertainty Management,Primary Motivations,Commentary

“SOSYAL GÜDÜLEMELER BAĞLAMINDA ANLAMI SÜRDÜRME MODELİ” ÜZERİNE BİR YORUMLAMA

Abstract

Anlamı Sürdürme Modeli (Meaning Maintenance Model (MMM)) Heine, Proulx ve Vohs (2006) tarafından “The Meaning Maintenance Model: On the Coherence of Social Motivations” (Sosyal Güdülemeler Bağlamında Anlamı Sürdürme Modeli) isimli makalede öne sürülmüştür. Yazarlar ayrıca dört farklı güdüleme modeli ile ilgilenmiş ve anlamı sürdürme modelinin diğer dört modelin altında yatan mekanizma olduğunu önermişlerdir. Fakat bu makalede sorgulanabilecek noktalar bulunmaktadır. Yazarlar aslında başka bir güdülemeyi öncü olarak seçebilecekleri halde anlamı sürdürme güdülemesini temel güdüleme olarak seçmişlerdir. Bu nedenle temel güdüleme iddiasının incelenmesi gerekmektedir. Anlamı sürdürme temel bir güdüleme midir? Anlamı sürdürmeyi tetikleyen başka bir mekanizma var mıdır? Ya da anlamı sürdürme güdülemesini destekleyen bulguları başka bir güdülemeyi destekler şekilde takip etmemiz mümkün müdür? Bu yazıda Heine, Proulx ve Vohs (2006) tarafından yapılan temel güdüleme savını belirsizliği azaltma yazınından gelen farklı bir bakış açısıyla incelemek amaçlanmıştır. 

Keywords

• Anlamı Sürdürme Modeli,Belirsizliği Azaltma,Belirsizliği Yönetme,Temel Güdülemeler,Yorumlama

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