Look up: motivation

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   motivation
   [n] - the condition of being motivated 2. [n] - the act of motivating 3. [n] - the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal
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   Motivation
   the driving forces that make people act as they do.
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   Motivation
   A decision-making process through which the individual selects desired outcomes and sets in motion the behaviours appropriate to acquiring them. Motivation has three main components: energising, directing and sustaining.
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   motivation
   term employed generally for the phenomena involved in the operation of incentives or drives Category: Medicine
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   motivation
   Those factors which cause an organism to behave or act in either a goal-seeking or satisfying manner. They may be influenced by physiological drives or by external stimuli. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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   motivation
   motive noun the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior; `we did not understand his motivation`; `he acted with the best of motives`
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   motivation
   motivating noun the act of motivating; providing incentive
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   motivation
   noun the condition of being motivated; `his motivation was at a high level`
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   motivation
   forces acting either on or within a person to initiate behaviour. The word is derived from the Latin term motivus (`a moving cause`), which suggests ... [14 related articles]
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    Motivation
    is the push of the mental forces to accomplish an action. Unsatisfied needs, motivate. On the biological level basic human needs of food, shelter and survival are powerful motivators. On the psychological level people need to be understood, affirmed, validated and appreciated. On the business level motivation occurs when people perceive a clear bus...
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    Motivation
    The positive or negative needs, goals, desires and forces that impel an individual toward or away from certain actions, activities, objects or conditions. The inner needs and wants of an individual--what affects behavior.
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    motivation
    motivation, in psychology, the intention of achieving a goal, leading to goal-directed behavior. Some human activity seems to be best explained by postulating an inner directing drive. While a drive is often considered to be an innate biological mechanism that determines the organism's activity (see...
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    Motivation
    Designation of the totality of motives operative in any given act of volition or of the mechanism of the operation of such motives. See Motive. -- L.W.
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