Elective 4

Foundation of
Education
Motivation
Motivation
-is defined as behavior instigated within
the individual and directed toward goals
that can satisfy needs.
Importance of Motivation
1. For the control and direction of human behavior.
2. For human happiness.
3. For providing a goal.
According to Ball (1977)
Motivation:
1. Motivation is hypothetically construct
2. Motivation is not the only factor that
determines behavior
3. Motivated behavior is selective and
directional
4. Motivation leads to persistent
behavior
Theories of Motivation
1. Activation-arousal theory
-highly physiological emphasizes balance between a
level of arousal an environmental stimulation.

2. Psychoanalytic theory
-the libido or psychic energy which is sexual in origin
is the primary driving force for behavior (Sigmund
Freud)
3. Humanistic theory
-rejecting both the activation-arousal and
psychoanalytic theories. Maslow’s theorized that
man's basic needs are physiological while his
ultimate need is the potential’s called self-
actualization.

4. Social learning theory

-states that an individual’s motivation is based on
his past experience.
Achievement Affiliation and Power Need
A. Need Achievement (n Ach)

-achievement motivation has been defined as

competition for a standard of excellence.

-achievement is actual performance while n Ach

is expectancy.
B. Need Affiliation

-need for friendly association and it is generally

observed among Filipinos.

C. Power Need

-every person has the capacity of influence

others.
Concepts Associated to Motivation
Gage and Berliner (1979)
1. Interest
-from the Latin word “interests”
meaning “to be behavior”, interest lies
in between a present activity and a goal
which are elements to purposeful
behavior.
2. Values
-orientation toward a whole class of
goals that are considered important in
one life’s.
3. Attitudes

-the more complexes concepts in the study of

human behavior.

-the attitudes of the learner indicate his

perceptions and feeling for or against a particular
object, idea, phenomenon, or person.
Kinds of Attitude
A. Positive attitude

B. Negative attitude
Motives Classified According to
Function
A. Physiological motives
-drive the individual to meet his
body needs for food, water and sleep.

B. Psychological motives
-more numerous and have more
variations depending on the theory
the one subscribe to.
Motives Classified According
to Function
a. Intrinsically motivation
-learner finds a task rewarding in itself
regardless to its consequences. Motivation within
his or herself.

b. Extrinsically motivation
-the learner finds satisfaction in external factor
like the reward he gets after finishing a task.
a. Individual motivation
-is primarily acknowledgement of individual
differences “what is motivating to one may not
motivate to another”.

b. Group motivation
-is employed in recognition of the fact that
although individuals differ in many ways, they
have things in common.
Submitted by:
Jonalyn P. Tomines
Student

Submitted to:
Mrs. Genalyn Capelo
Instructor