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Motivation. 10/10/11 Taylor Robinson Greg 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 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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