PSYB45H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Applied Behavior Analysis, Psych, Sleep Deprivation
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If you were to consult a dictionary for a definition of motivation, you would find a complex array of interconnected terms. First definition of motivation is (cid:498)the act or process of motivating. (cid:499) Motivation means, (cid:498)to provide with a motive. (cid:499) Motive means, (cid:498)something (cid:523)as a need or desire(cid:524) that causes a person to act,(cid:499) These definitions seem to (cid:498)dance around(cid:499) the concept, without clarifying it enough. Psych textbooks have viewed motivation as a process that initiates, directs, and maintains physical and psychological activities of people and other organisms. Broad motives succeed and make significant and valuable accomplishments. Some motives are fairly specific, such as thrill or adventure seeking, and others are much broader, such as the achievement motive the desire to. After decades of study, we still don"t have a clear understanding of how traits. Broad motives, such as for achievement, are like personality traits.
