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Motivation is a topic of relevance in all areas of human endeavour. Defined by what “moves” people to action, motivation concerns both the energy and direction underlying actions. Yet how motivation has been understood has varied greatly over the short history of scientific psychology.
One perspective of motivation aligned with early behaviorist traditions suggested that motivation could not exist. They positioned behaviors as sole results of past experiences and conflicted with a present-future paradigm of motivation. A second perspective includes the theory of planned behavior that links motivation with intentions.
Motivational Theories – Overview. Theories grounded in human physiology and neurology. Physiological processes of arousal and regulation. Behavioral approaches. Classical and operant conditioning. Incentive motivation. Cognitive theories. Expectancy-value theories. Social motivation. Attributional and competence theories.
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Apr 1, 2024 · This paper explores theories of motivation, including instinct theory, arousal theory, incentive theory, intrinsic theory, extrinsic theory, the ARCS model, self-determination theory, expectancy-value theory, and goal-orientation theory.
MTE explains what I have called the phenomena of emotional motivation—impulsivity, flexibility, and bodily underpinnings—better than the two currently most popular philosophical theories of emotions, namely Cognitivism and Perceptualism.
- Andrea Scarantino
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Jun 1, 2014 · This paper explores theories of motivation, including instinct theory, arousal theory, incentive theory, intrinsic theory, extrinsic theory, the ARCS model, self-determination theory, expectancy...
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Major theories of motivation concerned with the arousal and choice of behavior are examined, problems of implementation are discussed, and directions for future research are suggested. They include study of the circumstances under which any given motivational theory is most effective.
