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Understanding Motivation: Concepts, Characteristics, and Techniques

This comprehensive overview of motivation explores its fundamental concepts, key characteristics, and effective techniques to enhance motivation in educational and personal contexts. Defined as the process of arousing action towards achieving goals, motivation ignites and sustains behaviors essential for learning and self-actualization. We delve into Maslow's hierarchy of needs, intrinsic and extrinsic motivation types, and cycling motivational dynamics. Techniques to foster motivation include setting goals, providing feedback, and creating engaging learning environments to maximize personal growth and achievement.

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Understanding Motivation: Concepts, Characteristics, and Techniques

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  1. MOTIVATION CONCEPT CHARACTERISTICS TECHNIQUES By : Yogita Sarwal Roll No. – 9037 07.11.10

  2. MOTIVATION MOVERE / MOVEERS MOVERE / MOVEERS TO MOVE

  3. DEFINITIONS: • Literal meaning: PROCESS OF AROUSING MOVEMENT IN THE ORGANISM • H.W.Bernard: “Motivation refers to all those phenomena which are involved in the stimulation of action towards particular objectives where previously there was little or no movement towards those goals.” • Atkinson: “Motivation refers to the arousal of tendency to act to produce one or more effects.”

  4. MASLOW’S HIERARCHYOF HUMAN NEEDS AESTHETIC NEEDS DESIRE TO KNOW & UNDERSTAND B-NEEDS NEED FOR SELF ACTUALISATION ESTEEM NEEDS LOVE & BELONGINGNESS D-NEEDS SAFETY NEEDS PHYSIOLOGICAL NEEDS

  5. MOTIVATIONAL CYCLE

  6. MOTIVATION CYCLE NEEDS WANTS ACTIONS TENSION SATISFACTION

  7. MOTIVE • A tendency to activity initiated by a drive and concluded by an action. • They originate action • They continue the activities till goal is achieved • They direct the activities in a certain direction

  8. CONFUSING TERMS • NEED • DRIVE • INCENTIVE • INTEREST • GOAL • MOTIVE

  9. CHARACTERISTICS OF MOTIVATION • 1.Arouses and sustains interest in learning of an individual • 2.Directs behaviour. • 3.Initiates and energises activity in learning • 4.Leads to self actualization in learning. • 5.Stimulates learning activity.

  10. CHARACTERISTICS OF MOTIVATION(contd.) • 7.Arouses the tendency to act and produce result. • 8.Directed towards a selective goal. • 9.Provides energy and accelerates the behaviour of the learner. • 10.Releases tension and helps in satisfying the needs of the learner. • 11.Motivation is the internal condition of learning.

  11. CHARACTERISTICS OF MOTIVATION(contd.) • 12.provides dyanamicism to the activities. • 13. It is cyclical. • 14. Motivation causes the behaviour of the individual to be active and persistent. • 15. It causes the individual’s behaviour to be homoeostatic.

  12. TYPES OF MOTIVATION INTRINSIC EXTRINSIC LONG LASTING SATISFYING INHERENT REINFORCE TO IMPROVE MAXIMISES EGO CREATES INTEREST

  13. SELF MOTIVATION: • Only as high as I reach can I grow, • only as far as I seek can I go, • only as deep as I look can I see, • only as much as I dream can I be. Karen Ravn

  14. TECHNIQUES OF MOTIVATION: • Use of material rewards. • Reinforcement : Praise and blame • Knowledge of result of feedback • Knowledge of progress • Level of aspiration • Setting of goals • Competence and co operation • Sense of achievement • Creating needs to learn

  15. TECHNIQUES OF MOTIVATION: (contd.) • Attaining prestige • Child centered approach • Linking new learning with the past • Effective methods, aids and devices in teaching • Definiteness of the purposes and goals • Rewards and punishment • Ego involvement • Development of proper attitude • Appropriate learning situation • Attractive physical and environmental conditions

  16. TECHNIQUES OF MOTIVATION: (contd.) • Sublimation of innate impulses • Stimulus variation by the teacher • Pleasing experiences • Attainable goals • Experience of success • Novelty • Individual differences • Teaching skills • Self motivated teacher • Interest in teaching

  17. G.K. CHESTERTON: “THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE EAGER MAN WHO WANTS TO READ A BOOK AND THE TIRED MAN WHO WANTS A BOOK TO READ”

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