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Psychology Motivation, Slides of Psychology

PPT on motivation. Types of motivation with examples. Psychology

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MOTIVATION

What is Motivation?

Definition – Forces within the individual forces that account for the direction, level and persistence of a person’s effort expended at work.  (^) Direction – an individual‘s choice when presented with a number of possible alternatives.  (^) Level – the amount of effort a person puts forth.  (^) Persistence – the length of time a person sticks with a given action. The need or desire to do something is called Motivation.

NATURE OF MOTIVATION

 (^) Motivation is a psychological phenomena which generates within an individual.  (^) A person feels the lack of certain needs, to satisfy which he/she feels working.  (^) The motivation motivates a person to do something better than he/she normally does.

Theories of Motivation

Drive Theory

Definition – A psychological need or drive which simply compels us to reduce that need. It is based on three important concepts.  (^) NEED : It refers to an inter physiological state that occurs when we are deprived of something.  (^) DRIVE : It refers to a tension or arousal that results from a bodily need.  (^) HOMEOSTASIS : It refers to the maintenance of an overall physiological balance or a constant internal environment. Example – You are hungry, you find food and you eat that food. Criticism – Social motives cannot be explained by the drive theory such as, exploratory behaviors and thrill seeking.

Arousal Theory

Definition – People are motivated to maintain a balance between stimulation and relaxation.  (^) The theory states that the major reason people are driven to perform any action is to maintain the optimal level of physiological arousal.  (^) Arousal is measured by physiological activity reflected in measures such as heart rate, muscle tension and brain activity.  (^) The optimal level of arousal varies from one person to the next. Example – People going for rollercoaster or sky diving or scuba diving. Criticism – The theory suggest that there is an optimal level of performance for certain tasks but it was also found that there were large individual differences with respect to preferred arousal.

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