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.
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
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.
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.
What it is for: Not applicable; a psychological process.
It can be explain the concept; relay theories and research; describe contexts; distinguish related concepts.
Distinguishing features
Goal-directed
Intrinsic and extrinsic
Many theories
Applied widely
What it looks like
Not a visible object; a mental process.
Physical character
self-determination theory: Deci and Ryan, 1985 note
Maslow hierarchy: 1943 year
Herzberg two-factor theory: 1959 year
How it is recognised
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
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is theorised by - among others
is contrasted with - an external reward
is distinct from - in legal usage
In practice
Families and kinds
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
Standards and regulation
No regulation; employment and education policies may address motivation
Failure modes and hazards
Presenting pop psychology as research
Agents giving personal therapy advice
Registry aliases mixing psychological and legal senses
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.motivation-act
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What motivation is.
Attribution.
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.
Attribution.
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.
Application.
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.
Context.
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
What the second pass must settle
- 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?