From the two phases of interview, it is stated that gang appears affected by some bad factors such as fighting against or breaking school rule, providing prestigious
position among other students, strengthening dominance among other students, providing prestigious position among other students, uniting the same vision such as
willing to break school rule or willing to be the best among others, sharing common social status, fighting against or breaking school rule, willing to be famous among
other students or desiring or ambitioning to be the ones among others. From the factors it should be noticed that what comes from bad things will result in bad things
too.
D. The Motives of Students Joining Gang
Motive is a reason for doing something, e. g. I’m suspicious of his motives. It means that I’m suspicious of his reasons for doing something.
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According to Yadav
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, there are two types of motives.
1. Physiological Drives or Motives. These drives are inborn and present at birth and
they are essential to life. a.
Hunger drive a feeling of hunger will motivate a person to look for food b.
Thirst drive a feeling of thirst will motivate a person to look for waterliquid to maintain water level in the body
c. Elimination drive this drive dictates the body to release body waste or else
the person will be poisoned d.
Oxygen need or air-hunger no body would survive without oxygen e.
Fatigue prolonged tensions, problems, frustrations, worry and boredom can cause fatigue. People have to find time to rest, relax and recreate
f. Rest and Sleep after a long day of chores, we get tired so our body needs this
in order to regain energy and strength g.
Avoidance of pain every normal person like to avoid pain h.
Sex drive this sex drive is not essential to life but vital for the preservation of the human species
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A. S. Hornby, Oxford Advance Learner’s Dictionary……………, p. 472.
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Neelam Yadav, A Handbook of Educational Psychology, New Delhi: Anmol Publications, 2003, pp. 161-162.
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i. Maternal drive every mammal including human mothers manifest the
maternal drive in taking care of their young j.
Warmth and cold this is important for the maintenance of normal body temperature
2. Psychological and Social Drives
a. Parent-Child motives. Human infants need their parents to care for them and
to provide for their needs, Parents perform these functions. In effect, the child becomes attached to them.
b. Peer-group relations affiliation motives. As children grow up, their
environment also broadens, they establish relationships with their friends, classmates, etc. The social adjustment will depend on the extent to which
these motives are satisfied. c.
Motives related to competence and self. The first and foremost of these motives is achievement motivation or the desire to accomplish something. All
of us want to have the feeling of having achieved something.
Concerning with the role of motives, Wallace
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mentioned the following roles in his book Managing Behavior in Organizations:
1. Motives influence behavior in many ways. They may help the individual choose
one stimuli from many competing stimuli. For instances,, its already 12 hi-noon, upon arriving home there is a nice show on TV, you have an assignment to make,
there is food on the table, probably, you will choose the food immediately because you are very hungry.
2. Motives may also make you do things with greater energy and enthusiasm
because of a pressing need. 3.
Motives may also help you organize your life activities so that you can attain
your goals.
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Marc J. Wallace and Jr. Andrew D. Szilagyi, Managing Behavior in Organizations, United Kingdom: Glenview, 1982, p. 33.
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To know exactly the motives why students join a gang, the writer also interviewed with eleven counselors and twenty-two students. They had different perception about
students’ motives in joining it. The following points are the motives: 1.
Willing to be admitted that heshe exists. 2.
Being forced by friendsfriends’ pressure. 3.
Being able to share common interest and talent. 4.
Willing to make same identity. 5.
Having a group to protect. 6.
Sharing common hobby and needs. 7.
Having a need to be accepted in a group. 8.
Having weakness. 9.
Asking for help in solving problem. 10.
Being prestigious. 11.
Instilling self-confidence. 12.
Implanting braveness in order to be strong. 13.
Putting a bold face on. 14.
Getting a place to share or to go. 15.
Being able to fight against or break school rules. 16.
Willing to be honored or respected among other students. 17.
Being more confident. 18.
Being popular or famous among girls or boys. Not too different from gang appearance, which is affected by bad factors, the
motives why students join a gang are also factored by some bad reasons such as being popular or famous among girls or boys, willing to be honored or respected among
other students, being able to fight against or break school rules and so on. That is to say that students do not play their role as students; learning, interacting with others
well, helping one another without tending to some group, race, or tribe, and achieving their school performance.
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E. Types of Delinquency Gang Mostly Affect
