Several psychological theories exist, such as rational motivation, intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, push and pull, self-control, drives, need theories, incentive theory, escape-seeking dichotomy, cognitive dissonance theory, drive-reduction theory, self-determination theory, temporal theory, achievement theory, and other cognitive theories like goal-setting theory, basic desires theory, attribution theory, and approach versus avoidance theory. Some of the major theories are analyzed here.
One of the most basic motivations for any organism, including human beings, is hunger. Hunger elicits the motivation to eat, which requires some kind of action or effort on the part of the organism to get the food required to satiate the hunger. As such, it is the psychological cause or purpose of any action by any living organism.
According to Plato, the individual justice gets achieved through maintenance of these three separate parts in correct hierarchy. The logical part rules the actions of human beings aided by the spirited rules. The appetitive part obeys the logical part and executes the actions. The logistikon or the logical part of soul is the thinking part that loves truth as its motivation and yearns to learn it.
Logistikon discerns between the real things and the apparent and identifies truth and falsehood to make wise decisions on the basis of the love for goodness. The spirited part of soul brings out emotions like anger, hatred, etc. The appetitive part of soul allows us to experience various feelings such as hunger, thirst, carnal erotic love, and other desires like money making that are opposed to Logistikon. The appetitive part is the motivation for our actions.
The inner conditions of the mind, such as desires, wishes, goals, ambitions, perspectives, etc. activate the living organisms to move in a specific direction, act in a particular manner, or behavior in a certain fashion. Still, these motivations could be due to either fully conscious or totally unconscious activities. The unconscious actions could result from basic evolutionary calculations, while conscious actions could stem from positive or even benign emotions.
Most of our motivations are basically from such internal drives, such as eating food to survive, the secretion of certain hormones that induce sexual desire, etc. However, the drive or the motivation could arise from external stimuli, such as the desire to gain power and position to prove one's superiority or amass money with a desire to earn more respect in the society.
One of the most basic motivations for any organism, including human beings, is hunger. Hunger elicits the motivation to eat, which requires some kind of action or effort on the part of the organism to get the food required to satiate the hunger. As such, it is the psychological cause or purpose of any action by any living organism.
According to Plato, the individual justice gets achieved through maintenance of these three separate parts in correct hierarchy. The logical part rules the actions of human beings aided by the spirited rules. The appetitive part obeys the logical part and executes the actions. The logistikon or the logical part of soul is the thinking part that loves truth as its motivation and yearns to learn it.
Logistikon discerns between the real things and the apparent and identifies truth and falsehood to make wise decisions on the basis of the love for goodness. The spirited part of soul brings out emotions like anger, hatred, etc. The appetitive part of soul allows us to experience various feelings such as hunger, thirst, carnal erotic love, and other desires like money making that are opposed to Logistikon. The appetitive part is the motivation for our actions.
The inner conditions of the mind, such as desires, wishes, goals, ambitions, perspectives, etc. activate the living organisms to move in a specific direction, act in a particular manner, or behavior in a certain fashion. Still, these motivations could be due to either fully conscious or totally unconscious activities. The unconscious actions could result from basic evolutionary calculations, while conscious actions could stem from positive or even benign emotions.
Most of our motivations are basically from such internal drives, such as eating food to survive, the secretion of certain hormones that induce sexual desire, etc. However, the drive or the motivation could arise from external stimuli, such as the desire to gain power and position to prove one's superiority or amass money with a desire to earn more respect in the society.
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