EDUCATION (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -In the words of Boring, Langfeld and Weld, “A need is a tension within on organism which tends to organise the field of organism with respect to certain incentives or goals and to incite activity directed towards their attainment."

Detailed explanation-2: -According to GOOD, a psychologist, “Motivation is the Process of arousing, sustaining and regulating activity.” It refers to the factors which move or activate the organism. We infer the presence of motivation when we see that people work toward certain goals.

Detailed explanation-3: -The four stages of the motivation cycle include need, drive, incentive, and goal/reward.

Detailed explanation-4: -Instinct theory was replaced by drive-reduction theory: the idea that a physiological need creates an aroused tension state (a drive) that motivates an organism to satisfy the need.

Detailed explanation-5: -People differ not only in their ability to do but also in their will to do, or motivation. The motivation of people depends on the strength of their motives. Motives are needs, Page 2 wants, drives, or impulses within the individual. Motives are directed towards goals, which may be conscious or sub-conscious.