EDUCATION (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The cycle of motivation begins with a need, which causes a drive fed by the incentive of reaching the goal that fills the need.

Detailed explanation-2: -The four stages of the motivation cycle include need, drive, incentive, and goal/reward.

Detailed explanation-3: -A drive is a state of tension or arousal produced by a need. It energizes random activity. When one of the random activity leads to a goal, it reduces the drive, and the organism stops being active. The organism returns to balance state. Motivation cycle starts with need which is a deficit of some necessity.

Detailed explanation-4: -According to the drive theory of motivation or drive theory, people behave a certain way to reduce the internal tension created in the body as a result of unfulfilled biological needs. The arousal or the state of inner tension that develops within the body due to these needs is known as a ‘drive’.

Detailed explanation-5: -In the science of psychology, the process of motivation is broken down into three subprocesses: activation, persistence and intensity. Activation, or the initiation of motivated behavior, involves taking the first steps in order to achieve a goal.