Motivated Person

A Motivated Person is a person with a direction to behavior that is intended to be repeated.

Context:
- They can (typically) score highly on a Motivated Person Measure.
- They can (often) be motivated by a Motivation Source, such as an internal motive (psychological, relational) and/or an external motive.
- They can (often) have a Growth Mindset (Dweck, 2006).
Example(s):
- a Motivated Worker;
- an Olympian Athlete;
- a Highly-Published Researcher;
- a Motivated Parent.
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Counter-Example(s):
- an Unmotivated Person.
See: Depressed Person; Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, Cognitive Agent Motivation, Person Behavior, Behavioral Economics, Psychological Need, Autonomy Need, Relatedness Need, Competence Need, Motivational Interviewing.

References

(Wikipedia, 2015) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/motivation Retrieved:2015-8-9.
- Motivation is a theoretical construct used to explain behavior. It represents the reasons for people's actions, desires, and needs. Motivation can also be defined as one's direction to behavior or what causes a person to want to repeat a behavior and vice versa. A motive is what prompts the person to act in a certain way or at least develop an inclination for specific behavior.^[1] For example, when someone eats food to satisfy the need of hunger, or when a student does his/her work in school because he/she wants a good grade. Both show a similar connection between what we do and why we do it. According to Maehr and Meyer, "Motivation is a word that is part of the popular culture as few other psychological concepts are". Wikipedia readers will have a motive (or motives) for reading an article, even if such motives are complex and difficult to pinpoint. At the other end of the range of complexity, hunger is frequently the motive for seeking out and consuming food.

↑ Pardee, R. L. (1990). Motivation Theories of Maslow, Herzberg, McGregor & McClelland. A Literature Review of Selected Theories Dealing with Job Satisfaction and Motivation.

(Wikipedia, 2014) ⇒ http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Motivation#Intrinsic_and_extrinsic_motivation Retrieved:2014-11-26.
- Motivation can be divided into two types: intrinsic (internal) motivation and extrinsic (external) motivation.

(Ryan & Deci, 2000) ⇒ Richard M. Ryan, and Edward L. Deci. (2000). “Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivations: Classic definitions and new directions." Contemporary educational psychology, 25(1).

(Dweck, 1999) ⇒ C. S. Dweck. (1999). “Self-Theories: Their role in motivation, personality and development." Psychology Press.

(Plant & Devine, 1998) ⇒ E. Ashby Plant, and Patricia G. Devine. (1998). “Internal and External Motivation to Respond Without Prejudice.” In: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 75(3).