Motivation and Need Theories of Motivation
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What are the three functions served by motivation?

  • Activates, controls behavior, and rewards achievement
  • Stimulates action, monitors progress, and celebrates success
  • Energizes, sets goals, and maintains focus
  • Energizes, directs behavior, and sustains effort (correct)

    • According to need theories of motivation, what do needs involve?

  • General mental challenges and physical limitations
  • Social pressures and environmental influences
  • Specific physiological or psychological deficiencies (correct)
  • Emotional instability and cognitive dissonance

    • What is emphasized in McClelland's Achievement Motivation Theory?

  • The influence of fear, uncertainty, and personal insecurity
  • The significance of material wealth, social status, and recognition
  • The impact of external rewards, punishment, and social approval
  • The importance of achievement, power, and affiliation needs (correct)

    • What does McClelland propose motivates people according to his theory?

    <p>Different patterns of needs or motives</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does need theory differentiate between lower-order and higher-order needs?

    <p>By categorizing needs based on their level of complexity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary function of motivation according to the provided text?

    <p>Controls behavior to achieve specific goals</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to need theories of motivation, what do needs involve?

    <p>Satisfying physiological or psychological deficiencies</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which theory emphasizes the importance of achievement, power, and affiliation in determining worker motivation?

    <p>McClelland's Achievement Motivation Theory</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does McClelland propose motivates people according to his theory?

    <p>Different patterns of needs: achievement, power, and affiliation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which factor leads to work motivation according to McClelland's model of motivation?

    <p>Individual's particular pattern of needs or motives</p> Signup and view all the answers

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