motivation paper week 1
Motivation Paper
Courtney D. Stevenson
October 13, 2014
University of Phoenix
Jeremy Christensen
In any court case, whether reality or fictional, it is always important for the prosecution to establish a motive for the defendant for the crime in question. Without a strong motive, it is relatively difficult to prove the defendant’s guilt. Finding a crime without some sort of motive is somewhat difficult because as humans there are usually reasons for every action. Motives not only contribute to what crimes a person may commit but it can also determine what college someone chooses to attend, which career path they may choose, and which spouse they decide to marry. There are many things that may contribute to how each individuals’ motives are originated. This paper will discuss what motivation means, the sources of motivation, and the correlations between motivation and behavior.
Motivation
In short terms, motivation can be defined as the reasons an individual chooses to do what they do. The author Lambert Deckers describes motivation “as the process by which a person is moved into action (Deckers, 2010).” Additionally, the text refers to Atkinson and McClelland’s definition of motive as “a person’s internal disposition to be concerned with and approach positive incentives and avoid negative incentives (Deckers, 2010).” Basically for every action, there is a background reason for why the action was taken. There are many things that contribute to motivation, but two main sources of motivation are internal and external sources.
Sources of Motivation
As stated previously, there are two sources of motivation, internal and external. Internal sources that affect motivation are psychological depositions and biological attributes (Deckers, 2010). Biological attributes are essentially things that an individual receives genetically at birth or things that develop over time naturally without outside interference. Biological attributes such as the need for
Courtney D. Stevenson
October 13, 2014
University of Phoenix
Jeremy Christensen
In any court case, whether reality or fictional, it is always important for the prosecution to establish a motive for the defendant for the crime in question. Without a strong motive, it is relatively difficult to prove the defendant’s guilt. Finding a crime without some sort of motive is somewhat difficult because as humans there are usually reasons for every action. Motives not only contribute to what crimes a person may commit but it can also determine what college someone chooses to attend, which career path they may choose, and which spouse they decide to marry. There are many things that may contribute to how each individuals’ motives are originated. This paper will discuss what motivation means, the sources of motivation, and the correlations between motivation and behavior.
Motivation
In short terms, motivation can be defined as the reasons an individual chooses to do what they do. The author Lambert Deckers describes motivation “as the process by which a person is moved into action (Deckers, 2010).” Additionally, the text refers to Atkinson and McClelland’s definition of motive as “a person’s internal disposition to be concerned with and approach positive incentives and avoid negative incentives (Deckers, 2010).” Basically for every action, there is a background reason for why the action was taken. There are many things that contribute to motivation, but two main sources of motivation are internal and external sources.
Sources of Motivation
As stated previously, there are two sources of motivation, internal and external. Internal sources that affect motivation are psychological depositions and biological attributes (Deckers, 2010). Biological attributes are essentially things that an individual receives genetically at birth or things that develop over time naturally without outside interference. Biological attributes such as the need for
References: Deckers, L. (2010). Motivation: Biological, psychological, and environmental (3rd ed.).