Motivation Theories Checkpoint

Motivation Theories Checkpoint

According to Sigmund Freud’s theories on behavior and motivation people have no control over their desires because desires are linked to the unconscious. Freud suggested that motivation is based on sexual desires created by intrapsychic impulses buried in the subconscious. Most of Freud’s theories use repressed sexual urges to explain most psychological problems. I do not agree that the center of the human psyche revolves around sexual issues.

Carl Rogers’s theory of the humanistic view is the theory I agree with most. This theory of motivation is based on humanistic strivings to improve all aspects of one’s life and to become a whole person. Motivation is a conscious decision to better oneself and to obtain objects of desire. The main idea behind the humanistic view is for one to obtain self-satisfaction for the sake of satisfaction without other rewards. Obtaining competence, confidence, and happiness with oneself is the reward. Rogers called this organismic enhancement and is based on life-long experiences, which convey positive outcomes. These experiences are often repeated to give one more positive results in self growth. One also learns not to repeat negative experiences, which do not convey positive outcomes.

I believe this is the best theory based on my personal experiences in changing myself from an angry, alcoholic person into the person I am today. My personal strivings to better myself can be seen by others. I did not strive to better my predicament in life. I strove to become a better person. The tools I used gave me positive results in changing myself, and I repeated those experiences until I reached my goal. Now I am happy with my life and love who I have become.

The hierarchy theory presented by Maslow and Herzberg is the theory I agree with the least. This theory is based on a person striving to become higher up on a chain of hierarchy. It states that a person begins at a bottom point and...