Motivation is an internal state or process which initiates, sustains and directs behavior in terms of its intensity and direction to satisfy physiological and psychological needs and wants. Theories of motivation aim to explain why we display certain behaviors. Many theorists, including Frederick Herzberg, Abraham Maslow, Clayton Alderfer, and David McClelland have provided theories to help explain needs as a source of motivation.
ERG Theory of motivation by Aldefer
Clayton Aldefer produced a theory of motivation which condenses maslows five needs theory. In aldefers theory there are three basic categories of needs: exsistence , relatedness amd growth needs.
Existence needs include physiological and material desires and combine maslows first …show more content…
It is the urge to grow towards the ideal self, this could be by growth of creativity, moral judgement etc. In my opinion, my interest towards subjects such as psychology, history, Buddhism and art are my ways of reaching growth needs. I believe the things I learn from these areas of study and the experiences related to them help me to satisfy growth needs. An example of the things I learn include a new way of dealing with stress, learning how to deal with people, learning to tolerate people who I care for etc. Experiences that help me grow would be getting back to painting…Something I enjoyed a lot, and most of the time it’s something that’s in my mind that comes out in the form of art so I find it very interesting. I believe it can help me see what’s working in my inner mind and also to give myself a sense of satisfaction.
Another point about growth needs, I feel, is that it is what motivates me to explore new things in life. A simple example would be that, I like to learn a third language…so far I’ve only managed to learn English and French and now I’m interested in taking up Spanish and possibly more languages in the future because I learnt that learning languages changes a way a person thinks (according to the Whorf hypothesis) and I find this very interesting and very much related to personal …show more content…
I’ve noticed that at healthy levels of stress, I manage to retain information that I need, however when I have other distractions that cause stress along with exams, the results are often lower than usual. For example, when I sat for psychology advanced subsidiary level exam, I passed with an A, but I put the same effort for the A2 psychology exam a year later and got an overall B…and It could have been because my mother fell Ill during this time which caused my stress level or arousal level to go beyond the optimum level of arousal which leads to decreased performance
ERG Theory of motivation by Aldefer
Clayton Aldefer produced a theory of motivation which condenses maslows five needs theory. In aldefers theory there are three basic categories of needs: exsistence , relatedness amd growth needs.
Existence needs include physiological and material desires and combine maslows first …show more content…
It is the urge to grow towards the ideal self, this could be by growth of creativity, moral judgement etc. In my opinion, my interest towards subjects such as psychology, history, Buddhism and art are my ways of reaching growth needs. I believe the things I learn from these areas of study and the experiences related to them help me to satisfy growth needs. An example of the things I learn include a new way of dealing with stress, learning how to deal with people, learning to tolerate people who I care for etc. Experiences that help me grow would be getting back to painting…Something I enjoyed a lot, and most of the time it’s something that’s in my mind that comes out in the form of art so I find it very interesting. I believe it can help me see what’s working in my inner mind and also to give myself a sense of satisfaction.
Another point about growth needs, I feel, is that it is what motivates me to explore new things in life. A simple example would be that, I like to learn a third language…so far I’ve only managed to learn English and French and now I’m interested in taking up Spanish and possibly more languages in the future because I learnt that learning languages changes a way a person thinks (according to the Whorf hypothesis) and I find this very interesting and very much related to personal …show more content…
I’ve noticed that at healthy levels of stress, I manage to retain information that I need, however when I have other distractions that cause stress along with exams, the results are often lower than usual. For example, when I sat for psychology advanced subsidiary level exam, I passed with an A, but I put the same effort for the A2 psychology exam a year later and got an overall B…and It could have been because my mother fell Ill during this time which caused my stress level or arousal level to go beyond the optimum level of arousal which leads to decreased performance