Person's Motive
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A Person's Motive is a agent motive that drives a motivated person to make person's decisions and actions (through psychological processes).
- AKA: Personal Motivation, Individual Drive, Human Motivation.
- Context:
- It can typically influence Person's Behavior through cognitive processes.
- It can typically shape Person's Decision Making through value systems.
- It can typically direct Person's Action through goal orientation.
- It can typically sustain Person's Effort through reinforcement mechanisms.
- It can often interact with Person's Emotion through psychological states.
- It can often evolve with Person's Experience through learning processes.
- It can often adapt to Person's Environment through adjustment mechanisms.
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- It can range from being a Person's Internal Motive to being a Person's External Motive, depending on its source of drive.
- It can range from being a Person's Short-Term Motive to being a Person's Long-Term Motive, depending on its temporal scope.
- It can range from being a Person's Basic Motive to being a Person's Complex Motive, depending on its psychological complexity.
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- It can be categorized into a Person's Motive Category.
- It can combine with Person's Value for decision alignment.
- It can interact with Person's Goal for action guidance.
- It can influence Person's Strategy for outcome achievement.
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- Examples:
- Person's Primary Motives, such as:
- Person's Secondary Motives, such as:
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- Counter-Examples:
- Cognitive AI's Motives, which operate through algorithmic processes rather than psychological drives.
- Organization's Motives, which emerge from collective interests rather than individual psychology.
- Person's Biological Needs, which stem from physiological requirements rather than psychological motivation.
- Person's Instincts, which are automatic responses rather than conscious drives.
- Person's Habits, which are learned behavior patterns rather than active motivations.
- See: Motivated Person, Person's Decision Making, Person's Goal, Person's Value System, Psychological Drive, Behavioral Motivation, Motivational Psychology.
References
2024-12-29
- Perplexity.ai
- Question: How does personal motivation function as a psychological process? Please explain its core components, types, and impacts on human behavior and achievement.
- Answer: Personal motivation, also known as self-motivation or intrinsic motivation, is an internal force that drives individuals to take action and pursue goals without external prompting or supervision.
- Core Components:
- Internal Drive:
- Personal motivation arises from an individual's internal desires for satisfaction and fulfillment of specific needs.
- Generates effort, drive, and persistence toward pre-determined goals.
- Goal-Directed Behavior:
- Characterized by direction, intensity, and persistence.
- Motivational state determines both goal selection and effort invested.
- Internal Drive:
- Types of Motivation:
- Intrinsic Motivation:
- Driven by internal rewards and personal satisfaction.
- Stems from enjoyment, curiosity, or sense of fulfillment.
- Associated with genuine passion, creativity, and personal autonomy.
- Extrinsic Motivation:
- Influenced by external factors like rewards or recognition.
- Shorter-lived than intrinsic motivation.
- Used for tasks that aren't naturally enjoyable.
- Intrinsic Motivation:
- Psychological Components:
- Cognitive Mechanisms:
- Self-efficacy shapes goal selection and commitment to action.
- Attribution styles influence how individuals interpret success and failure.
- Cognitive dissonance drives behavior alignment with beliefs.
- Emotional Components:
- Positive emotions enhance motivation and reinforce beneficial behaviors.
- Negative emotions can either impede or stimulate motivation depending on context.
- Emotional states serve as arousal signals for important events.
- Cognitive Mechanisms:
- Core Components:
- Citations:
[1] http://www.symbiontperformance.com/id114.html [2] https://study.com/academy/lesson/self-motivation-techniques-examples.html [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motivation [4] https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4864984/ [5] https://humanperformance.ie/motivation/ [6] https://www.betterup.com/blog/what-is-self-motivation [7] https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-motivation-2795378 [8] https://sweetinstitute.com/psychological-factors-in-behavior-change-and-motivation/ [9] https://opentextbc.ca/introductiontopsychology/chapter/chapter-10-emotions-and-motivations/ [10] https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.612023/full
2017
- (Wikipedia, 2017) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/motivation Retrieved:2017-10-7.
- Motivation is the reason for people's actions, desires, and needs. Motivation is also one's direction to behavior, or what causes a person to want to repeat a behavior. A motive is what prompts the person to act in a certain way, or at least develop an inclination for specific behavior.[1] According to Maehr and Meyer, "Motivation is a word that is part of the popular culture as few other psychological concepts are."
Types of theories and models:-
Motivation theories can be classified on a number of bases:
- Natural vs. Rational: based on whether the underlying theory of human cognition is based on natural forces (drives, needs, desires) or some kind of rationality (instrumentality, meaningfulness, self-identity).
- Content vs. Process: based on whether the focus is on the content ("what") motivates vs process ("how") motivation takes place.
- Motivation is the reason for people's actions, desires, and needs. Motivation is also one's direction to behavior, or what causes a person to want to repeat a behavior. A motive is what prompts the person to act in a certain way, or at least develop an inclination for specific behavior.[1] According to Maehr and Meyer, "Motivation is a word that is part of the popular culture as few other psychological concepts are."