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| motivation definitions | |||
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| # | Definition | Sets | |
| 1 | a need or desire that energizes and directs behavior | 65 sets | |
| 2 | the reasons, justifications, explanations for a character's actions | 24 sets | |
| 3 | the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal | 22 sets | |
| 4 | a character's incentive or reason for behaving in a certain manner; that which impels a character to act | 19 sets | |
| 5 | the force that moves people to act | 17 sets | |
| 6 | a need or desire that energizes and directs behavior. | 15 sets | |
| 7 | the process of inciting a person to some action or behavior | 11 sets | |
| 8 | the reasons that cause characters to act as they do | 9 sets | |
| 9 | the reasons a character behaves in a certain way | 9 sets | |
| 10 | goal-directed behavior. | 8 sets | |
| 11 | the reasons for or forces behind the action of a character. | 8 sets | |
| 12 | what drives a character on | 8 sets | |
| 13 | the force that moves people to act. motivation may be either instinctive (drives) or learned. | 7 sets | |
| 14 | the reasons that cause characters to act the way they do | 7 sets | |
| 15 | a need or desire that energizes and directs behavior. (myers psychology 8e p. 470) | 6 sets | |
| 16 | the reasons for a character's behavior | 6 sets | |
| 17 | a need or desire that energizes and directs behaviour | 6 sets | |
| 18 | reasons for a character's behavoir | 5 sets | |
| 19 | psychological drives that propel us in a specific direction | 5 sets | |
| 20 | the reason why a character acts, feels or thinks in a certain way | 5 sets | |
| 21 | need or desire that energizes and directs behavior | 5 sets | |
| 22 | what makes a character do what s/he does, be they goals, incentives, or the nature of the character | 5 sets | |
| 23 | the reasons for or forces behind the action of a character | 4 sets | |
| 24 | why a character does what he or she does | 4 sets | |
| 25 | a reason that explains a character's thoughts, feelings, actions, or speech | 4 sets | |
| 26 | the force that moves people to act. | 4 sets | |
| 27 | the process by which activities are started, directed, and continued so that physical or psychological needs or wants are met | 4 sets | |
| 28 | the process of inciting a person to some action or behavior. | 4 sets | |
| 29 | any internal condition, although usually an internal one, that initates, activates, or maintains an organism's goal directed behavior | 4 sets | |
| 30 | the reason why a character acts, feels, or thinks in a certain way | 3 sets | |
| 31 | the noun of 'motivate' | 3 sets | |
| 32 | something that causes one to act | 3 sets | |
| 33 | the reasons that cause the characters to act as they do | 3 sets | |
| 34 | a need or desire that energizes and directs behavior toward a goal | 3 sets | |
| 35 | a reason that explains or partially explains a character's thoughts, feelings, actions, or speech | 3 sets | |
| 36 | reasons for characters' beliefs and actions | 3 sets | |
| 37 | the intensity, direction, and persistence of effort a person shows in reaching a goal | 3 sets | |
| 38 | the force that moves people to act. motivation may be either instinctive or learned | 3 sets | |
| 39 | a character's incentive or reason for behaving in a certain manner | 3 sets | |
| 40 | inducement to direct one's energies toward achieving a goal that has acquired meaning. | 3 sets | |