DANCEST 805 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Motivation, Display Rules, Sympathetic Nervous System
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Process by which activities are started, directed and continued so that needs or wants are met. When a person is motivated to do something because of an external reward (e. g. money, keeping something, etc. ) Motivation caused by the desire to experience an internal reward (e. g. satisfaction, fun, etc. ) Needs lead to a drive to fulfil. Homeostasis: steady state of the body, disrupted by needs. Need for friendly social interactions and relationships (naff) Need to have control or influence (over others) (npow) Need that involves a strong desire to succeed in attaining goals (nach) Personality and nach (carol dweck"s self-theory of motivation) Need for achievement closely linked to personality factors: view of self, locus of control (external vs. internal) Stimulus motive: unlearned motive that causes an increase in stimulation, e. g. curiosity. Learned incentives can be food = tastes good. Depending on arousal, it is easier to person tasks of varying difficulty. Mixture of push" and reward causes motivation.
