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  2. Motivation - Wikipedia

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    An example of unconscious motivation is a scientist who believes that their research effort is a pure expression of their altruistic desire to benefit science while their true motive is an unacknowledged need for fame. [73] External circumstances can also impact the motivation underlying unconscious behavior.

  3. Self-determination theory - Wikipedia

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    In further research by Amabile et al. [28] other external factors also appear to cause a decline in such motivation. For example, it is shown that deadlines restrict and control an individual which decreases their intrinsic motivation in the process. Situations that give autonomy as opposed to taking it away also have a similar link to motivation.

  4. Ernest Dichter - Wikipedia

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    The popularity of Packard's book left the general public with a deep suspicion about market research methods. [23] By the 1970s, Dichter and the subject of motivation research were rarely mentioned in the scholarly literature. [24] Dichter died on 21 November 1991 in Peekskill, New York.

  5. Expectancy theory - Wikipedia

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    The expectancy theory of motivation explains the behavioral process of why individuals choose one behavioral option over the other. This theory explains that individuals can be motivated towards goals if they believe that there is a positive correlation between efforts and performance, the outcome of a favorable performance will result in a desirable reward, a reward from a performance will ...

  6. Motivated reasoning - Wikipedia

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    Ziva Kunda reviewed research and developed a theoretical model to explain the mechanism by which motivated reasoning results in bias. [1] Motivation to arrive at a desired conclusion provides a level of arousal, which acts as an initial trigger for the operation of cognitive processes.

  7. Qualitative research - Wikipedia

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    Qualitative research is a type of research that aims to gather and analyse non-numerical (descriptive) data in order to gain an understanding of individuals' social reality, including understanding their attitudes, beliefs, and motivation. This type of research typically involves in-depth interviews, focus groups, or field observations in order ...

  8. Epistemic motivation - Wikipedia

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    Epistemic motivation derives from the broader theory of lay epistemics, which addresses the processes in which individuals form their knowledge in regards to varied topics, such as all possible contents of knowledge, including attitudes, beliefs, causal attributions, impressions, opinions, statistical inferences, and stereotypes.

  9. Maslow's hierarchy of needs - Wikipedia

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    Maslow proposed his hierarchy of needs in his 1943 paper "A Theory of Human Motivation" in the journal Psychological Review. [1] The theory is a classification system intended to reflect the universal needs of society as its base, then proceeding to more acquired emotions. [18]