Motivation (1)

  Before  we definite the  word "motivation", let's  have some questions.

  1. Why  do  you put on your pants after you  get up?

  2. Why  do you eat everyday?

 3. Why you  hang  out with  your friend sometimes?

 Do you have any idea  about these questions?  What makes  us  do things? What motivates us?  What is motivation?

   A Psychology teacher  of mine gave  us the answer:Motivatio is the process that initiate, guides,and maintains goal-oriented behavior.

   There's a very well-known theory called Evolutionary Theory which says that we are motivated to do things to survive. That's why though new-born babies know almost nothing, they cry, drink, breath and grab.

    Of course, we  are motivated by higher level things. There's another theory which says:  We are motivated to do things that reduce our drives(that get rid of our needs). For example, we sleep to get rid of our tiredness.

 From my point of view, people have different experiences to motivate them differenly.  To face one question, there sometimes can be more than two questions(if there are many choices).

 If you were in a boat with your two children, one was one year old, the other was five years old.  If the boat get sank, and you can only save one child. Who would you  choose?

   If you were in the same boat with two children of your own, one was forty, the other one is twenty. The same thing happened , who would you choose?

 According to what you just chose, as Maslow said:  We are motivated by 5 levels of needs: physiological, safety, love, esteem and self-actualization.

 Now, do you know what makes you chose and why people do things?