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Motivation

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Motivation is the reason or reasons for engaging in a particular behavior, especially human behavior as studied in psychology and neuropsychology. These reasons may include basic needs such as food or a desired object, hobbies, goal, state of being, or ideal. The motivation for a behavior may also be attributed to less-apparent reasons such as altruism or morality. According to Geen,[1] motivation refers to the initiation, direction, intensity and persistence of human behavior.

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|1 Motivational concepts |
|1.1 Reward and reinforcement |
|1.2 Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation |
|1.3 Self-control |
|2 Motivational Theories |
|2.1 Drive Reduction Theories |
|2.1.1 Cognitive dissonance theory |
|2.2 Affective-Arousal Theories |
|2.2.1 Need Achievement Theory |
|2.2.2 Interests Theory |
|2.3 Need Theories |
|2.3.1 Need Hierarchy Theory |
|2.3.2 Herzberg’s two-factor theory |
|2.3.3 Alderfer’s ERG theory...