Essays Tagged: "Drive Theory"

Continental Drift: Exploring the Theory.

For many of years geologists have been searching for ways to prove the Continental Drive Theory to the world. Yet the lack hard evidence, rather have a collection of theories and semi ...

(3 pages) 52 0 3.5 Jun/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences

Social Facilitation of Complex Tasks: A Comparison of Zajonc's Drive Theory and Cottrell's Evaluation-Apprehension Theory

: SOCIAL FACILTATION OF COMPLEX TASKSSocial Facilitation of Complex Tasks: A Comparison of Zajonc's Drive Theory and Cottrell's Evaluation-Apprehension TheoryAbstractZajonc (1965) describes Drive Theo ... d between both conditions in the mean number of words obtained. This study supports Zajonc's (1965) Drive Theory as the most reliable indicator in determining individual's behaviour in the presence of ...

(8 pages) 95 1 4.5 Jun/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Definiton Of "Team Player"

ic skills would help end any disputes that other players might have with someone. Motivation drives people to get work done. Some people in the team may not have the same motivational drive tha ... ile they work on achieving a common goal. Just like in soccer, as the team "goes for the goal," and drives the ball play downfield the whole time the work When things start to click the team will alwa ...

(2 pages) 53 0 3.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Comparing and Contrasting two theoretical views on arousal/performance relationship in the sports context.

theoretical views on the relationship between arousal and performance in the sports context are the Drive theory and the Inverted-U theory but first, we define arousal and performance in sports contex ... he player and the type of activity involved.In contrast to the inverted-U hypothesis, supporters of drive theory argue that the relationship between arousal and performance is linear and in the form o ...

(3 pages) 70 0 3.8 Dec/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Theories of Motivation Application

to act toward a goal. There are four basic theories of motivation: instinct (evolutionary) theory, drive-reduction theory, arousal theory, and incentive theory.Instinct theory refers to Darwin's infl ... ere is a predispose reason for me to have risen my hands, which would enhance my change of survival.Drive-reduction theory refers to that our behavior is motivated by biological needs. An example of t ...

(2 pages) 146 0 3.7 May/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors

Compare and contrast two theories of motivation explaining how the two approaches may differ and how they may be similar

ed from a number of perspectives. Some theories approach motivation as coming from within a person (Drive Theory), whereas other theories approach motivation as coming from within the person (Incentiv ... ve instincts.Today, some social psychologists classify end goals into two global categories, called drives (or extrinsic motivation) and intrinsic motives (IMs). The distinction has been influential - ...

(5 pages) 395 0 3.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

You would have to be mentally disordered to be a suicide bomber. Discuss.

ligious, or ideological objectives. In a sense, terrorist goals are always political, as extremists driven by religious or ideological beliefs usually seek political power to compel society to conform ... nitions. There are some psychological theories that have been applied to understanding violence.The Drive Theory (Frustration-Aggression)Frustration-Aggression: The link between frustration and aggres ...

(10 pages) 48 0 1.0 Apr/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Motivation Concept Analysis

types. The first is what motivates an individual to do something on their own by internal needs and drives. For example, the feel of hunger makes a person want to eat, that individual will be motivate ... s an employee? Is it just money, or does motivation consist of a number of different variables? The drive of an individual or employee is the ultimate factor of motivation. Drive motivates us to eat, ...

(4 pages) 171 0 5.0 Jul/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Motivation Profiles Paper

y of motivation refers to the internal reasons of motivation. It could be explained with instincts, drives and arousals theories.Ella's motivation can be explained by "instincts", which are passed on ... be explained by "instincts", which are passed on genetically from one generation to the next. Also, drive reduction theory, can also be used to explain his motivation for to obtaining a promotion. Thi ...

(5 pages) 127 0 5.0 May/2009

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Audience Effects and Extroversion

e of another that does not interact with the actor (Guerin, 1993). Many theories following Zajonc's drive theory (1965) emphasises uncertainty in task, evaluation apprehension of audience and distract ... ial facilitation. It is important to acknowledge that many research, including the Zanjonc's (1965) drive theory, Cottrell's (1972) evaluation apprehension model, Baron's (1978) distraction conflict t ...

(10 pages) 0 0 0.0 Jul/2013

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology