Human motives

I. A biological problem
Goal directed character of wishes and drives

A motive is a concept that imples striving toward a goal.
Rational behavior has a purposive goal seeking character.
The goals that we follow rationally motivated seem derived from biological needs.
Motive needs 3 parts:
Conditions
Goals
Adaptive mechanism

I officially become GOAL DIRECTED.


Motivation : Wiki
Reward and reinforcement.
Repetitive action - reward can cause action into habit.
Rewards can be organized as extrinsic or intrinsic: Praise, money, satisfaction or feeling of achievement.
Motivational Theories

1. Drive reduction theory
We have certain biological needs as time passes by it is strengthened if it is not satisfied.
2. Cognitive dissonance theory:
Belief and behavior in conflict.
3. Needs theory
Maslow.
Human has desire and wants influence their behaviors only unsatisfied desire influence behaviours
4. ERG theory
Existence, Relatedness and Growth.
Money is the only thing can satisfy most human needs.
Nothing is worse than a person does not know where he is going to .
My goal is EARN MONEY. It is clear. And to earn money I need a perfect English.

5. Cognitive theory
Goal setting theory: Individual have a drive to a stated end.
Unconscious theory : Smoking
Controlling motivation


Applications
Education : students need to be motivated.
Business: Money

Money will be my Goal at least in the next 10 years or lesss.
Taylor: worker motivation is solely determined by pay, therefore management need not consider the psychological or social aspects of work.
In essence scientific management bases human motivation wholly on extrinsic rewards of work and discard the idea of intrinsic rewards.