Motivation

What motivates me to write this blog post?

There are many different theories of what motivates us to do things. There is the Instinct theory, the Drive-Reduction theory, the Optimum Level of Arousal Theory, and Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Pyramid.

Instinct Theory:

• It is a reflex. 
• It is a response to a behavior that was never taught to you. 
• Your instinct is what motivates your behavior

Drive Reduction Theory: 

• Maintaing Homeostasis: There is a physiological drive in our body that wants the needs to be fulfilled 
• Incentives: Psychological want for something. 
• Our bodies need to be at an equilibrium for us to feel good. 

Optimum Level of Arousal:

• You are motivated by something that makes you feel good.
• What is considered arousing is different for every person
• In truth, it is best to operate at the optimum level of arousal. 
• People want to be at their own level where they feel good. 
• Yerkes-Dodson law/ U curve: The higher the amount of arousal -> more likely you'd do well on a simple task that you already know how to do. 
• Higher the arousal -> more likely you will do poorly on something you don't yet fully know how to do

Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Pyramid 

• There are 5 levels:
• a. Physiological need:
• food, air, water, and sleep: These needs are the most basic because all needs become secondary to these needs. 
• b. Security Needs:
• safety and security: important for survival but not as demanding as Physiological neeeds
• c. Social Needs: 
• belonging, loving, and affection: less basic than physiological and security needs.

• Esteem Needs:
• self-esteem, personal worth, social recognition, and accomplishment: these become increasingly important
• e. Self-actualizing Needs:
• highest level-self-actualizing people are self-aware, concerned with personal growth, less concerned with the opinion of others, and interested in fulfilling their potential. 

Personally, when it comes to homework, I think for me it's more of a Drive Reduction that motivates me. When I finish the work, I get this sense of accomplishment that I have completed what had been stressing me out. There is a level of equilibrium in my body that I am done with what I need to be done with.

A little motivation for your day: