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Tanya Goswamy - Motivation and Emotions
Tanya Goswamy - Motivation and Emotions
Motivation NEED AND DRIVE (cont) instincts and evolutionary MCCLELLAND THEORY (cont)
approach (cont)
what is motivation for self-esteem. Power is The individuals
motivation is the process by The Instinct Theory of Motivation the motivated by needs
A drive is a psychological state
which activities are started suggests that all organisms are ability to for achievement
of arousal that compels humans
directed and maintained so that evolutionarily “programmed” in induce usually have a
to take action to
physical and psychological ways that help them survive. or strong desire of
restore their homeostatic
needs are met. They’re born with traits that influence setting up difficult
balance. When balance is
cause them to behave in certain the objectives and
TYPES OF MOTIVATION restored, the drive is reduced.
way naturally. These “natural behavior accomplishing
Examples are primary and
Extrinsic motivation involves
behaviors” are referred to as of them. Their
secondary drives.The strength
completing a task or exhibiting a
instincts, and these instincts are others. preference is to
of the drive is determined upon
behavior because of outside
what drive all behaviors. The work in a results-o‐
the length of the deprivation,or
causes such as avoiding
people riented work enviro‐
the intensity / strength of the
punishment or receiving a
approaches based on psycho‐ with high nment and always
resulting behaviou
reward.
logical needs power appreciate any
Intrinsic motivation : involves needs feedback on their
approaches to motivation
performing a task because it's seek work. Achieveme‐
personally rewarding to you MCCLELLAND THEORY high- nt-based individuals
level take calculated
instincts and evolutionary Need Need For Affiliation
NEED AND DRIVE positions risks to reach their
approach for The need for affiliation
Needs are a kind of natural in the goals and may
Power is the urge of a person
instincts and evolutionary organi‐ circumvent both
mental programming that make (n- to have interpersonal
approach zation, high-risk and low-
us want pow) and social relationships
things. They essentially motivate focused on the biologically so as to risk situations.
with others or a
us into action as a stimulated determined and innate patterns exercise
particular set of people.
need leads to the inner of behaviour called instincts influence
They seek to work in
tension that drives us into action william Mcdougall proposed 18 and
groups by creating
.Needs can be objective and instincts for humans control
friendly and lasting
physical, such over
this approach explained the role relationships and have
as food and water, or they can others.
of hereditary in human the urge to be liked by
be subjective and psychological, behaviors others. They tend to efinition: McClelland’s Needs
such as the need like collaborating with Theory was proposed by a
others to competing psychologist David McClelland,
with them and usually who believed that the specific
avoids high-risk needs of the individual are
situations and uncert‐ acquired over a period of time
ainty and gets molded with one’s
experience of the life. McClel‐
land’s Needs Theory is
sometimes referred to as Three
Need theory or Learned Needs
Theory.
drive reduction theory carol dweks's self theory of carol dweks's self theory of
motivation motivation (cont)
A need is a state of deprivation
or deficiency. A drive is a state Mindset Theory (MT), basically people with a fixed mindset will
of bodily tension such as hunger states that people hold one of tend to choose ability goals,
or thirst that arises from an two mindsets about intelligence: goals which focus on demons‐
unmet needs. The satisfaction of a) an entity or fixed mindset, or trating ability. People choosing
a drive is called drive reduction b) an incremental or growth ability goals will tend to attribute
Drive theory is based on the mindset. Entity theorists view failure as and indication of lack
principle of homeostasis, the intelligence as a fixed trait that is of ability. When experiencing
tendency of the body to maintain predetermined by nature. On the lack of ability people will tend to
a steady internal state. other hand, incremental feel shame and loss of interest
According to drive theory when theorists perceive intelligence which will make it more likely
homeostasis is disturbed, drives as a malleable and expandable they will disengage from the