Psychology › Section J · Emotion and motivation › Topic J.1
Motivation
Why does one student revise for hours while another cannot start? Motivation is the study of what gets behaviour going, points it at a goal and keeps it there, and psychologists have proposed several competing answers.
In this topic
- What gets behaviour going
- Instincts and drives
- Arousal and the Yerkes-Dodson law
- Worked example: the same nerves, two tasks
- Self-efficacy and social motives
- Maslow's hierarchy of needs
- When rewards backfire
- Self-determination and goals
- Worked example: a hobby becomes a job
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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