lecture 5 BB - motivation

Question 1

motivation

Answer 1

examines hoe biological, psychological and environmental factors contribute to drive individuals to act and persist in goal-directed behaviour.

Question 2

certain human behaviours are innate and biologically driven, and that these instincts motivate individuals to act in specific ways

Answer 2

biological - instinct

Question 3

individuals are more motivated to act to reduce internal tensions caused by unmet biological needs, aiming to restore a state of equilibrium

Answer 3

biological - drive reduction

Question 4

people are driven to maintain an optimal level of physiological arousal, seeking activities to increase or decrease arousal

Answer 4

biological - arousal

Question 5

suggests that individuals are motivated to maximise external positive incentives and minimise external negative incentives

Answer 5

behavioural - incentive

Question 6

individual has a hierarchical set of needs that progress from basic needs to psychological needs to self-actualisation and that these needs will motivate related behaviours.

Answer 6

humanistic - need

Question 7

believe they can do something and the degreed to which they are open to internal and external incentives.

Answer 7

cognitive - intrinsic/extrinsic