MOTIVATION Flashcards

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Motivation

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need or desire that energizes and directs behaviour

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Henonic principle:

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people are motivated to experience pleasure and avoid pain (fist argued by Plato anD aristotle)

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instinct

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The (innate) natural tendency to seek a particular goal (william james)
We act without training or education and without explicitly knowin why we do it and what the end result will be

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drive

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Internal state generated by physiological needs/ departures from physiological optimality

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homeostasis

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the tendency to maintain a balances or constant internal state (equilibrm); the regulation of any aspect of body chemistry and physiology

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Drive-reduction theory

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physiological need creates an aroused tension state ( a drive) that motiates an organism to satisfy the need

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hierarchy of needs”

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maslows
physiological –> safety/ belonging –>

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hierarchy of needs”

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Maslow’s
physiological –> safety/ belonging –>

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approach motivation

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motivation to experience positive outcomes
Promotion focus
intrinsic

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avoidance motivation

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motivation to not experience a negative outcome
extrinsic

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avoidance motivation

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motivation to not experience a negative outcome
extrinsic

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