Motivation
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Motivation is a driving factor for actions, willingness, and goals. These needs, wants or desires may be acquired through influence of culture, society, lifestyle, or may be generally innate. An individual's motivation may be inspired by outside forces (extrinsic motivation) or by themselves (intrinsic motivation).
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Drive theory
Drive theory grows out of the concept that we have certain biological drives, such as hunger. As time passes the strength of the drive increases if it is not satisfied (in this case by eating). Upon satisfying a drive the drive's strength is reduced. The theory is based on diverse ideas from the theories of Freud to the ideas of feedback control systems, such as a thermostat.
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See also
- Academy of Management
- Addiction
- Amotivational syndrome
- Andragogy
- Aptitude
- Behavior
- Equity theory
- Flow
- Health Action Process Approach
- Human behavior
- Human Potential Movement
- Humanism
- Humanistic psychology
- I-Change Model
- Incentive program
- Locus of control
- Motivation crowding theory
- Operant conditioning
- Organismic theory
- Organizational behavior
- Palatability
- Personality psychology
- Preference
- Regulatory Focus Theory
- Self-determination theory
- Self-efficacy
- Social cycle theory
- Successories
- Theory Z of Ouchi
- Volition
- Happiness at work
- Positive Psychology in the Workplace
- Positive education
- Work engagement
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