The four motivation theories are Biological theory, Psychosocial theory of motivation, Biopsychosocial, and Achievement theory. Everyone has their own motivation in life for continuing education, and career choices. Each person also has Intrinsic and Extrinsic motivators. Intrinsic is an internal motivation for self satisfaction. Extrinsic is an external motivation, or reward for a person’s accomplishment.
Motivation Theories:
Linda was motivated to go back to school because she wanted an education that would help to further her in her career, or help her to move on to another one. Linda worked her way up in her field and found that people with a degree were earning more for the same position than she has. It is well known that in these times a degree is what an employer is now looking for. She also felt like she was in a state of complacency and needed to exercise her brain. This is the motivation behind Linda furthering her education.
Linda believes that the Achievement motivation is her form of motivation.
. Linda has a need to be challenged. When there are no challenges, she gets bored and becomes aloof. Going back to school has been a challenge for Linda. Linda has not been in school for over thirty years, she gets a sense of gratification every time she achieves a high grade. Earning a degree gives Linda the opportunity to be more competitive in her field, having a high GPA gives her self satisfaction that she has worked hard and gives her even more of an edge in the employment field, this is a goal Linda hopes to achieve.
Audra is motivated to continue her education, and do well in school for a few reasons. She would like to set a good example for her three children, she wants to be successful, and she wants to earn...
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...school, her daughter may end up living a life like hers was as a child. She believes the harder she works, and the better her grades the more successful she will be. Her goal is not to be filthy rich, but to see the smile on her daughters face when she comes home to a safe and happy environment. That is Jamie’s extrinsic reward.
Our team member’s motivation theories are Achievement theory and Psychosocial theory. Each team member has a different motivation for continuing their education. All of us also have different Intrinsic and Extrinsic motivations. These motivators are what keep us motivated to continue our education and reach our final goal of having a degree and career in each of our chosen fields.
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Valerie is from Hot Springs, AR and is currently a criminal justice major at National Park College. She has become a successful person and student by many goals she set in her life to accomplish. One of Valerie’s goals is to receive her bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice. Her dream is to land a job where she can impact and help others who might need assistance. Another one of her goals is to maintain a positive attitude and continuing to be a positive role model for her children. This is an everlasting goal she stated and explained that she always wants her kids to see her doing positive so they can do the same. Valerie last goal was to see her kids break the family stigma when it comes to school. She has already had one child graduate and wants to see the others do the same thing. In shaping Valerie’s goals everything was based off her accomplishments. One of her first accomplishments is, she was the first to graduate in her family and attend college. As a kid she always saw graduating to be possible and it has gave her the courage to do much more. Another accomplishment is going back to school to further her education. She attended college in 2003, but soon left due to raising her kids. The last triumph Valerie overcame was teaching herself how to read law and medical books. Growing up early and being a mother she knew she had to be familiar with law and medical things
Juanita is constantly questioning her decision to pursue her degree whether it’s questioning if the decision is selfish since her children will be college age soon or if she can even be a decent mental health professional. Juanita needs to address her lingering feelings of doubt in order to feel secure in her own self-image and develop a realistic knowledge of her strengths and weaknesses so she can focus on fulfilling her potential without being held back with feelings of inadequacy (Schultz & Schultz, 2013, p.
She sacrificed almost all her personal pleasure for studying, but she did not see the point why she should make such sacrifice since she found the class reading as well as essays hardly arouse her interests. As she finally laid her eye on the bookshelf, seeing all the certificates and awards she had earned, Jennifer suddenly thought of what her father had told her, “school always comes first”. Tiredly and aimlessly, Jennifer signed and looked at a picture of her father. Slowly closing her eyes, she temporarily forgot about all the things like a tough life and overwhelming schoolwork which could make her stressful, and let her beautiful childhood memories of balloons, carousels and her father’s smiling face come into
Motivational theories in the case of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, the theory of self-determination, and Brehm’s motivation intensity theory all cater to the individual. The theories include their specific discoveries while also highlighting that the individual’s thoughts and perceptions affect their motivation. Every person has different values, experiences and temperaments that affect motivation driving them to secure basic needs or to strive past them. Although these motivation theories have their similarities they differ in their specific concepts and emphases.
Noted authors, Brandon Chambers, is quoted saying, “If you are going to fear anything fear success. Think about what you are doing and when you succeed what life you will have.” There are several different reasons why I could stay home, work and not go to college; I could go to work every day and make more money for the house, it’s easier, and I would be less stressed. Now, on the other hand there are many reasons why I should go to school; such as further my education, make my family proud, and make myself proud. I am attending college for several different reasons. One reason is to further my education. I hate feeling like I don’t know something, I like being the person everyone comes to for information. Also, because I want to be better prepared for my major, I want to be better then the next person with the job credentials. I want to major in Social Work and Criminology. I dream to be a counselor or an clinical service social worker. I want to help people who need someone there for them someone who can guide them or even just talk too. Another reason is because I would be the first in I would be the first in my family to go to college. I feel in some type of way I am setting an example for my parents and my brother that they too can go back to school. Lastly is simply because I love school. I love knowing more and more each day. College is not for everyone, but I will be successful by grasping the benefits, preparing for the problems, taking heed from experts, and working on strategies to be successful.
After her father gives Jessica and her siblings the freedom to become active in school, she gets involved in clubs, sports, even a job. Because her “life growing up had been much different from the lives of [her] peers” (Hemauer 106), Jessica learned the value of hard work and time management from a young age and she carried it with her as she got older. She says, “I have always had a challenging amount of responsibility, and I learned to complete tasks in a timely fashion” (Hemauer 106). This proves that Jessica had struggled with this as a child, and kept these skills with her and to show that it got better and ultimately helped her. It may be difficult for one to believe something that currently is unsatisfying is actually helping, but in Jessica’s case she explains how her opinion changed. “Though I hated it growing up, working on the farm has taught me many lessons about life, and it has helped shaped me into the individual I am today” (Hemauer 106). Jessica’s situation really illustrates to readers and shows them that you may be wrong about something, and it may be of assistance to you in the end. In all, Jessica’s own experiences on the farm, in school, and later in other activities show that she first hand experienced it and is credible in her
In the front of a fourth-grade classroom, there sits the ever-smiling face of a little girl. Each morning, this girl is the first to class, dressed neatly and appropriately, with a backpack full of supplies in order for her to be successful in the classroom. Her homework is always finished, and her parents always make sure she is doing her reading, and trying for excellent grades. The constant efforts of the child in the classroom, and her perpetual kindness to all of her peers has persuaded the teacher into being impressed with the little girl’s work this year. She decides, along with her fellow faculty, to award the child a certificate stating she is the Student of the Month. The child barely makes it through the bus ride home due to
In the days leading up to her graduation, she was so excited about receiving her diploma for her academic accomplishments, even though she hasn’t accomplished a lot in life by experiencing a little bit of it. She felt like the birthday girl with her pretty dress, beautiful hair, and the presents she received from Uncle Willie and her mother. She felt like it w...
Going forward, it is recommended to take the positive aspects of all the theories of motivation and adopt what works. In terms of expanding the studies on motivation one must consider other theorists such as Carl Rogers in a humanistic approach and as previously mentioned, trait theorists such as Raymond Cattel and Hans Eysenk to establish a more scientific and accurate results in measuring motivation and testing personality differences.
Theories of Motivation What is the motivation for this? According to the text, motivation is defined as a set of factors that activate, direct, and maintain behavior, usually toward a certain goal. Motivation is the energy that makes us do things; this is a result of our individual needs being satisfied so that we have inspiration to complete the mission. These needs vary from person to person as everybody has their individual needs to motivate themselves.
Basically, motivation is a drive that causes a person to act upon their desire, and involves direction, intensity, and persistence. There are several theories of motivation, including need theory, expectancy theory, self-efficacy theory, justice theory, goal-setting theory, control theory, and action theory. My personal motivation can be applied to each of these theories. Need Theories Need theories view motivation as coming from one’s desire for something. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and Herzburg’s Two Factor Model are both need theories.
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In conclusion, college to me isn’t just another boring reasonability, where I have to work hard and study all the time to get my degree to help me get a job to pay off my debt of college loans. Now having spent 2 years as a college student I recognize that when going to college comes a lot of responsibility and self-determination. Not only do I get the freedom to pick the classes of my choice and ones that also catch my interest and help direct me to the career right for me. To me, college means getting a higher education to help me accomplish my goals later on in my life and college is going to help me find out the type of person I am going to become. “It must be remembered that the purpose of education is not to fill the minds of students with facts… it is to teach them to think, if that is possible, and always to think for themselves.” – Robert Hutchins
There are numerous motivational theories that attempt to explain how motivation works, but the challenge is applying these theories to actual situations or individuals. Many experts believe utilizing a combination of several motivational theories is more effective than selecting a single theory and applying it all-inclusively. To further explore the practical application of motivational theories, we will attempt to apply different theories to an organization that includes several types of employees, including salespeople, production workers, and administrative staff.
These theories are evolved to identify and explain the need that influences the human behavior. It is focused to answer these main questions: what forces within people, or within their environment, leads to motivation? What process of the mechanism are involved in motivational behavior? Most of the general theories of motivation emphasizes four basic qualities i.e. activating- which stimulates us to do something, directive- which guides our behavior towards meeting specific goals or needs, sustaining- which helps us to sustain behaviors until we reach our goals and motivating- motives that differs in strength depending on the person and situation.