MOTIVATION AS CAUSE,

EFFECT OR PROCESS AND

GROWING IMPORTANCE
OF CONTEXT
Sajid Ali, MS Linguistics, MUET, Jamshoro
What is Motivation? Cause or Effect?

 Is it a cause that leads to an

action?
 Or it is effect of an action?

 It is rather cyclical process in

regards to educational field.

Cycles of Motivation

Positive Cycle Negative Cycle

Researchers motives

 To break the
negative cycle
 And divert it’s

direction to
positive attitude
by modifying
cognitive process.
Complexity of Mind

 Motivation is a complex process, and it

evolves gradually. It involves sub-phases:
 Planning and goal setting
 Intension formation
 Task generation
 Action implementation
 Action control and outcome evaluation.
Consistency of
motivation
1. One can not be consistently motivated at
same pace and level for a long time. Such
as learning a foreign language.
2. It may fluctuate at any time, eg. Years,
months, days, or even in single lesson.
3. External environment influences on
motivation, such as
“Reward and Punishment”
Inner Process of Mind

 Inner workings of mind

shape human behavior.
 Human mind receives

information from society in

forms of value and norms
which shapes one’s
behavior.
Contexts

Individualistic Societal
perspective perspective
Individualistic Perspective

 Individualistic view of
the world: in the
perspective of an
individualistic. Which is
again shaped by
societal forces.
Societal Perspective

 An individual is just
an “Agent”, where
an individuals’
perspectives are
exploited by very
large forces of the
society.
Eg. Conservative society = Conservative Individuals
Thank You