Motive Essay

 

Motive is a stimulus that moves a person to behave in ways designed to accomplish a specific goal. These cannot be seen or measured directly. There is also the need factor. The need factor is the condition in which we require something we lack ff. there are both psychological and biological needs. The biological needs are eating, sleeping due to physical exhaustion. Psychological need are achievement, self-esteem, and social approval.

The instinct theory- means that instincts are transmitted genetically from generation to generation. It was believed that human behavior primarily was motivated by instincts. Then there is the drive-reduction theory, this theory means that people experience a drive arising from a need as an unpleasant tension. Over time, humans learn to overcome this and also learns to do something to reduce the tension. The humanistic theory bases on a conscious desire of personal growth and artistic fulfillment. The need to become who we need to be to feel accepted, actualization comes from this theory. Social cultural theory- cultural experiences and factors influences the behavior people use to satisfy basic drives. The basic drives are water, food, and air and pain avoidance. Hunger drive has biological and physiological factors and biologically factors. Biologically it is composed of the mouth, the stomach, and the hypothalamus.

There are currently two main scientific ways of explaining the nature of emotions. According to the appraisal theory, emotions are judgments about the extent that the current situation meets your goals. Happiness is the evaluation that your goals are being satisfied, as when winning the lottery solves your financial problems and being asked out holds the promise of satisfying your romantic needs. Similarly, sadness is the evaluation that your goals are not being satisfied, and anger is the judgment aimed at whatever is blocking the accomplishment of your goals

According to Glasser, the basic human needs are survival, freedom, power, fun, and belonging. Competence, Belonging, Usefulness, Potency, and Optimism.

The types of goal are:

Performance goals- specific goals. These goals include gaining admission to college, avoiding criticism, gaining approval of parents.

Learning goals- learning just to learn

Cognitive consistency- try to think and act according to what fits what they believe and how others expect them to think and act.

Balance theory- people need to organize their beliefs

Affiliation – desire of joining with others to be part of something bigger than themselves.

 

Motive and emotions are basically what runs our lives. We do everything in life to feel some kind of emotion or motive. Our emotions are the biggest players in the game of life, because humans are able to do a lot of things to become or to feel a certain emotion, to feel alive and to make everything fit in with their lives.