Categories: Psychology

Motivation in Psychology

&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;left&semi;margin&colon;0px 0px 0px 0&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h2 align&equals;"justify">Definition of Motivation<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">A process that guides or initiates a behavior in a way so as to achieve its goal is called motivation&period; Though some might think motivation is a personal trait&comma; present in some and absent in others&comma; motivation is an internal process involving biological&comma; social&comma; emotional and cognitive forces that provokes a behavior&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">Motivation is that factor which makes us take an action&comma; or in other words helps to describe why a person does something&period; For instance&comma; let’s consider an example of a boy who invests a lot of time practicing sport&comma; because he is motivated to win the tournament and contribute to his institution’s popularity&period; Or a girl who studies all night to score highest marks in her exams&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">A person who works hard might be highly motivated than that who doesn’t work that hard- shows his lack of motivation&period;<br &sol;>In other words&comma; Motivation is a force that directs an individual to behave in a specific way&period; The ability to develop strategies to achieve certain goals or desires is a result of the magnitude of motivation that an individual possesses&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 align&equals;"justify">Importance of Motivation<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">Motivation is an important factor to help an individual pursue his goals and desires&period; But that’s not all what motivation is about- It helps you go beyond your requirements and be more innovative and creative&period; Motivation keeps an individual’s behavior riveted and persistent in achieving his&sol;her aim&period;&lbrack;large&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 align&equals;"justify">Process of Motivation<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">An individual feels deficient about something in his life and wishes to fills up that gap&comma; which is where the process of motivation begins&period; For instance&comma; the process of motivation requires the following elements&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>A motive<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">A motive or a need could be anything that can compel one to behave or act in a certain way&period; These are the needs or wants of an individual to satiate what he perceives to be deficient in life&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad2" id&equals;"quads-ad2" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3>Behavior<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">A sequence of activities or actions that a person does in order to attain certain goals is the behavior&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>Goals <&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">in order to correct the imbalances or deficiencies caused by motives&comma; there are certain solutions or goals that are need to be attained&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Dynamic nature of Motivation<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">A human being is undergoing a constant process of growth&comma; which means his needs keeps on changing as per the requirement of his&sol;her age or the environment he is exposed to&period; Hence&comma; motivation varies along the needs&period; These changes might involve internal or external factors&period; The failure to attain a need may induce a state with following consequences&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>Rationalization<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">it is a state in which an individual excuses oneself and justifies the situation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>Aggression<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">it is that state in which an individual manifests behavior of anger and frustration&comma; and often leads to unsocial recourse&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>Regression<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">A state in which an individual settles in&comma; accepting the failure of a particular need&comma; and on contrary tries for something else&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>Withdrawal<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">It is state of disassociation&comma; in which an individual disconnects from every aspect of the need he has failed to attain&period; &NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;

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