...University of Phoenix Material Motivation Concepts Table Use the following table to complete the Motivation Concept Table assignment for Week One. You are encouraged to modify table formatting to suit your needs. Please consult with course instructor for additional assignment specifications. The completed table will serve as a resource for the remainder of the course. | | |Time Period Created | | |Theory Name |Major Theorist(s) | |Key Theory Concepts | |Will: |Descartes |1637 |Will motivates all actions. | | | | | | | | | |Will is an initiated and directed action. | | |Ruckmick |1936 |Striving to create impulses to act. Ruckmick | | | | |identified striving as an act of will in 1936.| | | | |The ability to resist self-denial or | | | ...
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... Biological urges impulses and appetites. Freud’s Drive Theory Freud 1915 All behavior is motivated to serve the fulfillment of need. Hull’s Drive Theory Hull 1943 and 1952 Drive is a physiological basis and bodily need is the ultimate basis of motivation. Drive can be predicted before it occurs. Decline of Drive Theory Sheffield & Roby 1950 Learning can occur when there is no equivalent experience of drive decline. Harlow 1953 Learning occurs when there is a drive reductions and well as an increase in drive. Klien 1954 Motivation can result from something other than bodily disturbances. Bolles 1972 A decrease in drive is not necessary for learning to occur. Theory Name Major Theorist(s) Time Period Created Key Theory Concepts Post-Drive Theory Years Bolles 1975 Had the dominant perspective on motivation. Berlyne 1967 Optimal level of arousal Hebb 1955 Olds 1969 Pleasure centers in the brain Miller 1948 Approach and avoidance conflicts, conditioned motives Murray 1938 Universal Needs Rogers 1959 Self-actualization Dynamics of Action Achievement motivation Theory Atkinson 1964 Some of the mini-theories that works to understand or investigate one area, such as motivational phenomenon, particular circumstance, groups of people and theoretical question. Cognitive Perspective Attribution Theory of achievement Weiner 1972 Lazarus 1984 Scherer...
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