motivation
Let an agent explain motivation and its theories, relay research findings from psychology, management and education sources with attribution, describe the forms and contexts the registry aliases name, and distinguish motivation from emotion, drive, incentive and legal motive and intent, without giving personal therapy advice.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What motivation is.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is motivation, and how does it differ from emotion, drive, incentive and legal motive? definition
- Is the question about theory, work, education, law or a personal struggle needing a professional? boundary
Forms
Forms and contexts.
Forms
Forms.
- What are intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, employee motivation, senioritis, open-source motivations and political or property motives? definition
- Which entry fits the specific form? action
Theory Theories.
Classic
Classic theories.
Classic
Classic.
- What do Maslow, Herzberg and expectancy theory propose, with positions attributed? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Modern
Modern research.
Modern
Modern.
- What does self-determination theory and research on rewards find, with findings attributed? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Applied Applications.
Work
Work.
Work
Work.
- How do organisations approach employee motivation, and what does evidence show? provenance
- Which entry fits employee engagement? action
Education
Education and open source.
Education
Education.
- What do studies say about student motivation and why developers contribute to open source? provenance
- Which entry fits open-source software development? action
Context Law and neuroscience.
Law
Motive in law.
Law
Law.
- How does criminal law treat motive, including political and property motives? provenance
- Which entry fits motive (law)? action
Brain
Neuroscience.
Brain
Brain.
- What does neuroscience say about reward and motivation? provenance
- Which entry fits reward system? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Activities and processes
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- ACT
- Domain
- ACT.ACT
- Other names and narrower kinds
- political motive, property motive, extrinsic motivation, motivations of open source programmers, employee motivation, senioritis, need for achievement, hidden agenda, identity-based motivation, intrinsic motivation, emotional conflict, Motives for the September 11 attacks
What it is Filled
The processes that initiate, direct and sustain goal-oriented behaviour, studied in psychology as intrinsic motivation from interest and enjoyment and extrinsic motivation from rewards and pressures, applied in employee motivation at work, in education, where waning senior-year motivation is informally called senioritis, and in studies of why open-source programmers contribute; in law and criminology, a motive such as a political or property motive is the reason behind an act. The model does not give personal psychological advice.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain motivation and its theories, relay research findings from psychology, management and education sources with attribution, describe the forms and contexts the registry aliases name, and distinguish motivation from emotion, drive, incentive and legal motive and intent, without giving personal therapy advice.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Goal-directed
- Intrinsic and extrinsic
- Many theories
- Applied widely
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Present popular psychology claims about motivation as established research.
- Act as a therapist for someone whose lack of motivation may signal depression.
- Use motivational techniques to manipulate people against their own interests.
- Mix the psychological sense with motive in the legal sense.
Only with a human decision
- Using motivation data about employees or students in decisions about them.
May
- Explain intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, citing psychological research.
- Help a person plan towards a goal they have set themselves.
Moral aspects Filled
- Low motivation is often blamed on character when its causes are illness or circumstance.
- Incentive schemes can exploit people as easily as help them.
Who is affected
- Workers and students
- People with depression
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns the concept; psychology studies it and each person owns their own goals.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q2574811 - registry parent class
- Q9415 - registry parent class
related
- cause - in registry terms
- self-determination theory - among others
- incentive - an external reward
- intention (criminal law) - in legal usage
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.motivation
- Wikidata: Q644302 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q644302)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
- self-determination theory: Deci and Ryan, 1985 note
- Maslow hierarchy: 1943 year
- Herzberg two-factor theory: 1959 year
Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Processes initiating and sustaining goal-directed behaviour
- Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, employee motivation, senioritis, motivations of open-source programmers, political and property motives
- Emotion is affect; drive is a biological need; incentive is an external reward; legal intent differs from motive
- Not a visible object; a mental process.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the concept
- relay theories and research
- describe contexts
- distinguish related concepts
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Presenting pop psychology as research
- Agents giving personal therapy advice
- Registry aliases mixing psychological and legal senses
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- No regulation; employment and education policies may address motivation
Context of use required Filled
- Not applicable; a psychological process.
- intrinsic motivation
- extrinsic motivation
- employee and work motivation
- academic motivation including senioritis
- motivation in volunteer and open-source work
- motives in criminal law such as political and property motives
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q644302: motivation - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Motivation - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should intrinsic motivation and motive (law) be separate primary entries?
- How should psychology sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases from psychology and criminal law; should they be split off?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q644302/spec.json