psychological theory of motivation

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• Psychological resistance — is the phenomenon often encountered in clinical practice in which patients either directly or indirectly oppose changing their behavior or refuse to discuss, remember, or think about presumably clinically relevant experiences.Psychoanalytic… …   Wikipedia

• motivation — motivational, adj. motivative, adj. /moh teuh vay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or an instance of motivating. 2. the state or condition of being motivated. 3. something that motivates; inducement; incentive. [1870 75; MOTIVE + ATION] * * * Factors… …   Universalium

• Motivation — For other uses, see Motivation (disambiguation). Timeline of theorists about student motivation Motivation is the driving force by which humans achieve their goals. Motivation is said to be intrinsic or extrinsic …   Wikipedia

• Psychological anthropology — is a highly interdisciplinary subfield of anthropology that studies the interaction of cultural and mental processes. The subfield tends to focus on ways in which humans development and enculturation within a particular cultural group with its… …   Wikipedia

• Motivation in second-language learning — Motivation is often defined as the psychological quality that leads people to achieve a goal. For language learners, mastery of a language may be a goal. For others, communicative competence or even basic communication skills could be a goal. In… …   Wikipedia

• Motivation — Der Begriff Motivation bezeichnet das auf emotionaler bzw. neuronaler Aktivität (Aktivierung) beruhende Streben nach Zielen oder wünschenswerten Zielobjekten und ist somit eine Art Triebkraft für Verhalten.[1] Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Geschichte 2… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Theory of conjoint measurement — The theory of conjoint measurement (also known as conjoint measurement or additive conjoint measurement) is a general, formal theory of continuous quantity. It was independently discovered by the French economist Gerard Debreu (1960) and by the… …   Wikipedia

• psychological testing — Use of tests to measure skill, knowledge, intelligence, capacities, or aptitudes and to make predictions about performance. Best known is the IQ test; other tests include achievement tests designed to evaluate a student s grade or performance… …   Universalium

• Motivation for rape — There is no single theory that conclusively explains the motivation for rape; the motives of rapists can be multi factorial and are the subject debate. Three primary emotions are thought to motivate rapists, anger, power and sadism, though sexual …   Wikipedia

• Theory Z — In addition to Theory X and Theory Y types of (employee) motivation, a new Japanese Management style and theory is becoming popular.Theory Z is the name applied to the so called Japanese Management style popularized during the Asian economic boom …   Wikipedia

• Psychological contract — A psychological contract represents the mutual beliefs, perceptions, and informal obligations between an employer and an employee. It sets the dynamics for the relationship and defines the detailed practicality of the work to be done. It is… …   Wikipedia