Person's Motive

An Person's Motive is a motive for a person's decision (by a motivated person).

• Context:
  • It can range from being an Internal Motive to being an External Motive.
• Example(s):
  • a Person's Survival Motive, such as a security motive.
  • a Person's Profit Motive.
  • a Person's Communitarian Motive.
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • an Organization's Motive.
• See: Motivated Organization, Curiosity.

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References

2017

• (Wikipedia, 2017) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/motivation Retrieved:2017-10-7.
  • Motivation is the reason for people's actions, desires, and needs. Motivation is also one's direction to behavior, or what causes a person to want to repeat a behavior. A motive is what prompts the person to act in a certain way, or at least develop an inclination for specific behavior. According to Maehr and Meyer, "Motivation is a word that is part of the popular culture as few other psychological concepts are."

    Types of theories and models:-

    Motivation theories can be classified on a number of bases:

    • Natural vs. Rational: based on whether the underlying theory of human cognition is based on natural forces (drives, needs, desires) or some kind of rationality (instrumentality, meaningfulness, self-identity).
    • Content vs. Process: based on whether the focus is on the content ("what") motivates vs process ("how") motivation takes place.

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