Early attempts to understand motivation were limited to literary and philosophical theories.
During the 19th and early 20th centuries, subjective speculation about human motive …

In this chapter, we discuss the criterion measures that are assumed to reflect motivated
states of individuals. What behaviors do individuals enact and what other responses do they …

Functional measurement methodology was applied to test the Motive× Expectancy× Value
(MEV) model of human motivation. Subjects judged the value of hypothetical “games of …

Measuring single motives with multiple methods often yields low intercorrelations. This
raises questions about the meaningfulness of the motive constructs and the validity of the …

Discusses the foundations of motivation measurement and details the ergs and sentiments
of dynamic structure, integrative behavior, contributions from animal motivation, structured …

Motivational theory has taken many forms throughout history, reflecting the scientific
paradigms and current concerns of the day. The result is a diverse array of theoretical …

Causality Orientations Theory Page 1 6 Causality Orientations Theory Personality Influences
on Motivation Throughout the book, we have made varied references to three broad classes of …

Our attempt to measure the strength of human motive dispositions was very much influenced
by Freud's ideas about motives based on his clinical investigations of individuals. The …

Illustrative data from a male college student show (1) that longitudinal factor analysis of
single cases (P-technique) helps structure dynamic traits,(2) that these generally resemble …

ATHEORY OF MOTIVATION is AT THE CORE of each psychoanalytic model. It
fundamentally shapes our developmental view of a person from infancy to senescence. It …