PSYC 2230 Chapter Notes -Blood Sugar, Nomothetic, Fluid Balance
23 Dec 2013
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The concept of motivation is a constant flow of behaviour that can be directed in many different ways. Anxiety, learned factors also play an important role in the development of many motives. Moreover the way in which we interpret events around us will also influence our motives. Motivation is the concept we use when we describe the forces acting on or within an organism to initiate and direct behaviour. We also use the concept to explain differences in the intensity of behaviour. More intense behaviour result in higher levels of motivation also this concept is used to indicate the persistence of behaviour. A motivated individual will often be persistent even though the intensity of the behaviour may be low. Manipulate stimulus (s) and then measure behaviour which is the response. Iv intervening variable is a concept developed by a researcher that serves to link stimulus and a response and helps to relate the two.
