"Motivation is the reason for which humans and other animals initiate, continue, or terminate a behavior at a given time."
The driving force that inspires and encourages individuals to take action towards achieving their goals.
Theories of Motivation: Different theories about the factors that drive motivation, such as Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, Herzberg's Two-Factor Theory, and Self-Determination Theory.
Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation: The difference between motivations that come from within, such as personal interests and values, and those that come from external factors, such as rewards and punishments.
Goal-Setting: The process of defining specific, measurable, and achievable objectives that motivate individuals to work towards them.
Attribution Theory: An explanation for how people interpret their successes and failures, and how these interpretations can affect future motivation.
Self-Efficacy: The belief in oneself to successfully perform a task and achieve desired outcomes.
Grit and Resilience: Traits that enable people to persevere through obstacles and setbacks, and maintain motivation towards their goals.
Mindset: The perspective and attitude one has towards their abilities and potential, including growth and fixed mindsets.
Work-Life Balance: The importance of balancing work and personal life in order to maintain motivation and wellbeing.
Motivation in the Workplace: Strategies for motivating employees, including recognition, feedback, and creating a positive work environment.
Procrastination and Time Management: Strategies for overcoming procrastination and managing time effectively to stay motivated and achieve goals.
Intrinsic motivation: This type of motivation is internal, and people who are intrinsically motivated work towards their passions or interests. There is internal satisfaction and enjoyment in achieving the goal, and the reward comes from within.
Extrinsic motivation: Unlike intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation comes from external factors such as money, fame, recognition, or praise. An extrinsically motivated individual works to achieve the predetermined goal or reward set by others.
Achievement motivation: People with achievement motivation are driven to accomplish success, win, out-perform, or surpass set goals. They are motivated by a desire to achieve a higher level of success than others or what they have achieved before.
Fear motivation: Fear motivation works on the premise that individuals will be motivated by the consequences if they do not complete the task or reach the desired goal. The fear of failure is greater than the motivation to succeed.
Power motivation: Power motivation is driven by a person's desire to gain control, authority, and influence over others. Individuals with power motivation seek out opportunities to attain leadership roles or a position of power.
Affiliation motivation: With affiliation motivation, individuals work towards social acceptance, affiliation, and belonging. They seek opportunities to be part of a group, team, or community, and the motivation comes from being part of something larger than themselves.
Attitude motivation: Attitude motivation is based on an individual's beliefs, values, and emotions towards a particular task or goal. Those with positive attitudes towards their work or goals are highly motivated, leading to greater success and achievement.
"Motivational states are commonly understood as forces acting within the agent that create a disposition to engage in goal-directed behavior."
"This means that we can be motivated to do something without actually doing it."
"The paradigmatic mental state providing motivation is desire."
"But various other states, such as beliefs about what one ought to do or intentions, may also provide motivation."
"Motivation is derived from the word 'motive', which denotes a person's needs, desires, wants, or urges."
"It is the process of motivating individuals to take action to achieve a goal."
"The psychological elements fueling people's behavior in the context of job goals might include a desire for money."
"Content theories... aim to describe what goals usually or always motivate people."
"Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs... posit that humans have certain needs, which are responsible for motivation."
"Behaviorist theories try to explain behavior solely in terms of the relation between the situation and external, observable behavior without explicit reference to conscious mental states."
"Motivation may be either intrinsic if the activity is desired because it is inherently interesting or enjoyable."
"Motivation may be... extrinsic if the agent's goal is an external reward distinct from the activity itself."
"It has been argued that intrinsic motivation has more beneficial outcomes than extrinsic motivation."
"Motivational states can also be categorized according to whether the agent is fully aware of why he acts the way he does or not, referred to as conscious and unconscious motivation."
"Motivation is closely related to practical rationality."
"Failing to fulfill this requirement results in cases of irrationality, known as akrasia or weakness of the will, in which there is a discrepancy between our beliefs about what we should do and our actions."
"In the field of business, a central question concerns work motivation, for example, what measures an employer can use to ensure that his employees are motivated."
"Motivation is also of particular interest to educational psychologists because of its crucial role in student learning."
"Specific interest has been given to the effects of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in this field."