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a. Definition of Motivation
According to McConnell 259, motivation originally comes from the Latin word “motivate” meaning “to move”-is defined in many different ways, the
most common one is a series of questions that you ask about why people think, feel, and behave as they do. Murray 7 distinguishes motivation from the other
factors that also influence behavior, such as the past experience of a person, the physical capabilities, and the environmental situation in which a person finds
himself. When we are talking about motivation it assumes that there is a cause in
every behavior Franken 3. Robert Beck 24 states that motivation is broadly concerned with the contemporary determinants of choice direction, persistence,
and vigor of goal-directed behavior. According to Huffman, et al 392, motivation refers to factors within an
individual such as needs, desires, and interests that activate, maintain, and direct behavior toward a goal. This indicates that the way a person does some behaviors
is guided by some purposes and goals or satisfaction of some needs. Research in motivation attempts to answer ‘why’ questions about human and animal behavior
Huffman, Vernoy and Vernoy 392. That is why to answer the question of why people behave as they do.
The ground in the characters’ temperament, desires, and moral nature for their speech and actions are called their motivation Abrams 23. This definition is
18 applied in literary terms meaning motivation in literary works can be analyzed
from the characters’ speech and actions. While, Petri 4 proposes, Some motivation theories emphasize that the basic motive of all humans is
to become as personally fulfilled as we can. Every human has socially motivated, it deals their interaction with others, and this interaction both
generates and directs behavior.
Therefore, it can be concluded that motivation is any factors such as needs, desires, and interests that activate and maintain on why one thinks, feels
and behaves and the other factors that influence behavior, such as her past experience, her physical capabilities and the environmental situation. Motivation
can be determined by answering ‘why’ people behave as they do to reach their goal.
b. Human Motives
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