PSYC 1002 : Psyc 1002 E.docx
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Motivation: is the internal state that tends to direct of person"s behaviours towards a goal. Motivation is behaviour that is directed to obtain a specific goal, internal state. Motivation is a psychological process that causes arousal, direction and persistence of voluntary actions that are goal directed. Motivation emerges from the interaction of situational stimuli and dispositional characteristics. **a purposeful human behaviour is a motivated behaviour. Behaviour without a motive is a cultural behaviour. Drive theories: is an internal state of tension that motivates an organism to engage in activities to reduce tension. A term used to describe to explain a psychological discomfort, tension that people feel under specific circumstances. Has the capacity to motivate a person to reduce tension. Drive theories emphasize how internal states of bodily tension push people in certain directions. Motives are considered in terms of drive reduction. The drive serves exclusively to initiate behaviour m but does not five it direction.
