Mike Wheeler's Expectancy-Values Part 2
Expectancy-value theory seeks to explore and explain why people choose to engage in certain tasks. The expectancy component, like self-efficacy, seeks to explore how likely people believe they will succeed at a task. However, for today, we will be looking more at the value part, which describes how important the task is to us. Mike Wheeler's has several values that drive his motivation. One value that Mike holds from the start of the show which guides him as a loyal friend and leader are the values of friendship. Friendship is incredibly important to Mike as we have seen from earlier blog posts where friendship is so important in fact, that it serves as the motivation for Mike to seek and look for his friend Will who was kidnapped to the upside down. Another value that Mike holds is bravery. Mike values bravery since it is a trait that allows him to be successful as a leader. From time to time again, Mike is thrown into treacherous situations, especially in season three in o...