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Motivational Theory Flashcards

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underlying force within which compels us to do something

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motivation

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2
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motivation is a ____ behavior

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goal-directed

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3 Cycles of Motivation

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  1. Need
  2. Drive
  3. Incentive
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2 Basic Motives

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  1. Physiological Motive
  2. Psychological Motive
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5
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this basic motive is for survival

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Physiological Motive

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this basic motive is a universal motive

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Psychological Motive

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7 examples of Psychological Motive

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  1. Affection / Belongingness
  2. Achievement
  3. Self-esteem
  4. Social Recognition
  5. Self-Actualization
  6. Independence
  7. Self-Fulfillment
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3 Functions of Behavior

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  1. Activates the individual
  2. Leads, Guides, and Regulates behavior
  3. Determines which response of decision will satisfy the needs & lead to incentives
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4 Motivational Theories

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  1. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
  2. Freud’s Motivational Theory
  3. Adler’s Superiority / Compensation Theory
  4. Whiting and Child “Behavior Theory”
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5 Elements of Maslow’s Hierarchy Theory (from the bottom to the top of the pyramid)

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  1. Physiological Needs
  2. Safety Needs
  3. Love and Belonging
  4. Esteem
  5. Self-Actualization
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air, water, food, shelter, sleep, clothing, reproduction

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Physiological needs

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personal security, employment, resources, health, property

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Safety needs

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friendship, intimacy, family, sense of connection

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Love and Belonging

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respect, self-esteem, status, recognition, strength, freedom

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Esteem

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15
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desire to become the most that one can be

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Self-Actualization

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16
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Elements in Freud’s Motivational Theory

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  1. Libido
  2. Mortido
17
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life instinct

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Libido

18
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constructive / self-preservation

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Libido

19
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death instinct;

destructive / self-destruction

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Mortido

20
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greatest motive in humans

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Sexual desire

21
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3 movement of Libdinal Energy

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  1. Narcissism (towards self)
  2. Object Love (towards other)
  3. Introversion (towards unreal fantasies)
22
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Libdinal energy may remain:

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  1. on an infinite level (fixation)
  2. expressed in socially-acceptable behavior (sublimation)
23
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Libdinal energy may remain:

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  1. on an infinite level (fixation)
  2. expressed in socially-acceptable behavior (sublimation)
24
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Libdinal energy may remain:

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  1. on an infinite level (fixation)
  2. expressed in socially-acceptable behavior (sublimation)this
25
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Libdinal energy may remain:

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  1. on an infinite level (fixation)
  2. expressed in socially-acceptable behavior (sublimation)this
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Libdinal energy may remain:

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  1. on an infinite level (fixation)
  2. expressed in socially-acceptable behavior (sublimation)this
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Libdinal energy may remain:

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  1. on an infinite level (fixation)
  2. expressed in socially-acceptable behavior (sublimation)this
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Libdinal energy may remain:

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  1. on an infinite level (fixation)
  2. expressed in socially-acceptable behavior (sublimation)
28
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Libdinal energy may remain:

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  1. on an infinite level (fixation)
  2. expressed in socially-acceptable behavior (sublimation)this
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Libdinal energy may remain:

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  1. on an infinite level (fixation)
  2. expressed in socially-acceptable behavior (sublimation)this
28
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Libdinal energy may remain:

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  1. on an infinite level (fixation)
  2. expressed in socially-acceptable behavior (sublimation)this
28
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Libdinal energy may remain:

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  1. on an infinite level (fixation)
  2. expressed in socially-acceptable behavior (sublimation)this
29
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this motivational theory emphasizes the individual’s sense of inferiority as central for compensatory activity and active striving to achieve superiority and function

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alfred adler’s superiority / compensation theory

30
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this motivational theory assumes that a few basic motives acquired in early infancy proliferate into behavior systems in later life

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Whiting and Chile “Behavior Theory”

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this motivational theory involves mechanisms of learning and habit-formation

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Whiting and Child “Behavior Theory”

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