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WHAT IS MOTIVATION

• Motivation is an inferred process within an animal or an
individual that causes that organism to move towards a
goal.

• Motivation is the underlying process that initiates, directs

and sustains behavior in order to satisfy physiological and
psychological needs or wants. Motivation determines the
direction, intensity of behavior/effort and helps in sustaining

that direction and intensity over time.

• Motivation is an integral element in becoming successful in
any undertaking. Motivation has also been defined as a

desire or need which directs and energizes behavior that is
oriented towards a goal.

• Motivation is the set of reasons that determines one to

engage in a particular behavior. The term is generally used
for human motivation but, theoretically, it can be used to
describe the causes for animal behavior as well.

• According to various theories, motivation may be rooted in

the basic need to minimize physical pain and maximize
pleasure, or it may include specific needs such as eating and

resting, or a desired object, hobby, goal, state of being, ideal,
or it may be attributed to less-apparent reasons such as
altruism, morality, or avoiding mortality.

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