Essays on Deckers

470 UNIT 5 ASSINGNMENT

Human behavior relies on a drive. Whether it’s looking for food to survive or trying to score a certain grade in the exams. All our behavior stems from somewhere and there is always a reason for doing the things that we do. A drive refers to the force that propels one to do something in a certain way, in order to get something valuable to us in return. Motivation is similar to this and it is the intense urge that pushes an individual to meet a specific need or want. There are different types ...

PSYCHOLOGY

An individual’s behavior can be attributed to nature, nurture or a combination of both of these factors(Deckers 53). Nature predisposes individuals to act in specific ways. It programs the human biological clock to bring out intuitive mannerisms linked to the human genes. Examples of behavior that can be attributed to nature are in form of relaxes both at birth and during mature stages of life. At birth suckling is a reflex that isn’t learnt but is innate. During more mature stages the fight or flight response, where one instinctively makes a choice to flee or face ...

Music is a great source of inspiration, a drive that has led to the success of many individuals. Whether it’s classical music by Mozart or slow and soft Jazz, many people attest to the motivation they get when listening to their favorite tunes. Research done by neuroscientists has proven that the vibration and frequencies of musical instruments and beats in songs are capable of altering moods and shifting emotions(Chanda & Levitin, 2013). Music has evolved over the years taking up different forms, which are continuously presented across different cultures(Deckers, 2005). It is widely appreciated and this is ...

According to Schopenhauer, “to be motivated is to be moved into action, or to decide on a change in action” (Deckers, 2014, p. 2). The term “unmotivated,” on the contrary, means the absence of motivation to do something. For instance, some students can be unmotivated to study specific courses that they find useless and, as the result, do not care about their grades. Furthermore, some people are unmotivated to work. You can be even unmotivated to go out with friends one evening preferring to stay at home. However, it is impossible to be completely unmotivated. Let’s consider the ...

Motivation is the intense desire to cater to a need through the achievement of a goal. The drive to achieve these goals comes from internal sources, which are individually based, and they arise from within the person they include examples like hunger, thirst, the need to lose weight etc., they are also as a result of external source which originate from the environment examples being incentives. Both these sources can combine to form a push and pull effect where the motivation to reach a certain goal is caused by both sources (Deckers, 2005). For example one can get an ...