motivation

MOTIVATION10/10/11

Taylor RobinsonGreg Hale

Preston Ulibarri

What’s Your Motivation?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uhCxBk6cQE

What is Motivation?

Motivation: The need or desire that energizes and directs behavior.

Three Perspectives of Motivation: Drive-Reduction Theory Arousal Theory “Hierarchy of Needs” Theory

Hunger The Need to Belong Other Emotions

Drive-Reduction Theory

Drive-Reduction Theory Unmet biological and psychological needs Body pushes us to meet these needs Pulled by Incentives

Toasted Ants vs. Toast

Arousal Theory

Arousal Theory Seek other Stimulus Stress and decreased arousal Aron Ralston: “Because it is there…”

Hierarchy of Needs

Hunger

WWII Concentration Camps Ancel Keys’s Experiment

Became food obsessed Extremely Important Motivator

Dehumanized Distant with the world

The Need to Belong

The Social Animal Boosted Chances of Survival Conforming to fit the group

Good impressions Billions spent on looks

Ostracism Kipling Williams Aggression Depression

Emotion

Motivation and Powerful Emotions are linked

Adaptive Level Phenomenon Can you buy your happiness? Relative Deprivation

Tragedy University of Wisconsin’s Study

So what?

Motivation arises from stimulus Understand what motivates us

Three Perspectives Hunger Need to Belong Emotions

Questions?

Test Question

Can you name one of the three perspectives, and briefly explain it? Drive-Reduction Theory

assumes that all unmet biological and psychological needs (hunger or thirst) create an aroused state

Arousal Theory once our biological needs are met (hunger, thirst, ect)

that we may feel bored and seek other stimulation to increase our arousal

Hierarchy of Needs Abraham Maslow’s pyramid that ranges from the most

basic of needs to the most advanced starting with your necessary biological needs and ending with transcendence needs