Going through high school is mandatory, but getting a college education is optional. Without my own personal motivation to become a physical therapy assistant, I doubt I would have enrolled in college. Motivation is what initiates and maintains goal-oriented behavior. The forces that lie beneath motivation can be biological, emotional, social, or cognitive. My biological theory of motivation to attend school is my subconscious drive to achieve excellence. I have an inner desire to be successful in life. I grew up in a more than comfortable home and I know that a college education is what it takes to maintain my lifestyle. My motivation, in this case, would be my standard of living.
My intrinsic motivation for attending college is the challenge that comes with being in school. It is challenging to not only pass tests and get good grades, but to also go to class and learn the material. For me, the challenge is self-fulfilling. It makes me feel good inside when I receive a good final grade. It makes me proud to make my family proud. My extrinsic motivation is the degree I am rewarded at the end of my schooling.
Humans, along with all other creatures, are born with knowledge of what it takes to survive in the world. The drive reduction theory says that humans have internal biological
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Not all people have the motivation to get a college education. Their parents will try to push them and push them to go to school and get a college education, but unless it is something that a person wants for himself, or herself, they probably will not pursue it. I grew up with the idea that to be successful is to have a college education, and because of that, I have based my life around achieving my goal of a