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The Humanistic Theory

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The Humanistic Theory

Motivation is the general desire a person has to do something. It gives individuals an inner drive to complete a goal. In order for a person to aspire

to success they need to understand consciously or indistinctly the necessity of having motivation. There are three theories of motivation that

psychologists have developed in recent years. The three theories are; Instinct Theory, Humanistic Theory, and Drive Reduction Theory. These

theories have been developed by psychologists, they are all used to explain what gives human motivation or the drive to behave a certain way.

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The theory expresses what drives humans to motivation. It explains why people are motivated and why they have been driven to

fulfill and complete certain needs. The needs are ranged from food, water, shelter, to self actualization. The developing psychologists feels that the needs should be

meet through the choices we make as human, the rrelationships we are in, and the creativity an individual possess.

Instinct theory provides humans with the motivations to complete certain actions and behave/react in a certain manner. It explains that the genes of humans and

their experiences in the developmental process. It explains how humans instincts are defined and how they respond to certain stimuli within their body.The instinct

theory of motivation emphasizes the biological and genetical programming as the cause of motivation. This theory says that the root of all motivations is the desire a

person has to survive. The claim that is made in this thoery is that all humans need to survive and progress in everyday task. The reason this thoery is the less

favored of the three is because many people do not believe that all organisms are born with innate tendencies that helps them survive. For example,

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