Motivation and Emotion
Motivation is an area of psychology that has gotten a great deal of attention in the recent years. This is because we all want to make a success of our lives, we all want to be seen as motivated, and we all want direction and drive.
A motive or motivation can be defined as a need, interest, desire or want that leads someone in a certain direction. This motivation is what causes us to take action.
Gorman (2004) says: “Motivation is an attempt to explain the ‘why’ of all forms of behaviour and is concerned with goal-directed behaviour.” Have you ever asked yourself the question, “What is my motivation for doing a specific task?” We need to know why we need to do something in order to effectively perform it.
As stated by Cherry (2014) “Emotion is often defined as a complex state of feeling that results in physical and psychological changes that influence thought and
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It is called “Affect”. Affect refers to the experience of feeling or emotion. As stated by Affectivedesign (2006) it can be described in evolutionary terms. Positive affect is linked with the tendency to approach a task, whilst negative affect is linked with the tendency to avoid a task. Affective states raises or lowers the amount of motivation and desire that people experience in order to perform a task, as the level of physiological incite or angst is affected.
Positive emotion gives the organism the freedom to analyse and employ in new opportunities (Chiew and Braver, 2011:7).
Similarities and differences of motivation and emotion
As stated by Explore.com motivation/emotion (2008-2015) numerous psychologists believe that the connection between motivation and emotion caused from three reasons.
The incite of emotion and motives of motivation both triggered by behaviour.
Emotions often goes conjointly with motives.
Typical for emotions to possess motivational properties of their