Motivation

What is Motivation?

Motivation is to be known as the process that would initiate, guide, and maintain goal-orientated behaviors (Cherry). We use motivation throughout our everyday life. It is what drives us to take a drink of water if we are thirsty, to stand up when we fall down, to read a book or newspaper to gain more knowledge, to build courage for something that might make us afraid. We all have motivation; it just depends on when it comes out to show its face. Motivation involves biological, emotional, social, and cognitive forces that activate behavior (Cherry). We use the word motivation every day, for example I am motivate to lose weight because of health concerns. I am motivated to get this house clean because it disgusts me. Students, young and old, choose to attend classes to better themselves to earn a degree for a better future. Even though we do not think of motivation as a word or something that it makes us do, we all have it and we all listen to it, most of the time.

Internal and External Sources

Biological variables refer to material characteristics of the body and brain that serve to motivate behavior (Deckers, 2010). When a person thinks of hunger, they just figure they are hungry. However, hunger comes from a chemical telling your brain that you are hungry. You are then motivated to eat to curb that feeling. This could be from low blood glucose levels, hormones, pregnancy, protein ingestion, or just simply not enough food in your stomach. Because of this you either go to the store, get something to go, or make something at home that sounds and seems appealing to fill that void. This shows a person that something internal is happening to create this process and now you have fixed that by eating.

Psychological variables refer to motives to motives and are studied indirectly through measureable indicators (Deckers, 2010). An example would be when a person experiences anxiety, with anxiety they can perspire and get their clothing all...