Motivation
mo·ti·va·tion (mō'ti-vā'shŭn),
- In psychology, the aggregate of all the individual motives, needs, and drives operative in a person at any given moment that influence the will and cause of a given behavior. [ML. motivus, moving]
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- n the stimulus, incentive, or inducement to act or react in a certain way. Purposeful behavior is motivated behavior, which means that either physiologic or social stimuli activate or motivate a person to do something
- motivation, external,
n incentive that accrues as a result of influence from outside sources; inducement to act or change based on the expectations and examples of other people.
motivation, internal,
n incentive that accrues from within an individual; inducement to act or change based on an inherent or intrinsic desire.
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