This Interview Was Conducted With A White Male In His Mid-40's

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The concept of Motivation has many different factors that can define it. Because there are different factors, Motivation can mean a lot of different things. In this paper, I have conducted 5 interviews with people of different backgrounds and ages. No names will be used at their request but they all come from close friends or family. Only important background information will be referenced so accurate conclusions or assumptions can be made. The format will present the background information of the interviewee followed by the question and their response.
Interview 1 this interview was conducted with a White Male in his mid-40’s. He has experienced the death of both parents and worked for 20 years in the department of corrections dealing with …show more content…

For me, some days I just don’t want to get up out of bed. It feels like I just don’t have a desire to do anything. The desire pushes me to want to do something because if I don’t want to do it then it won’t get done.
Do you think that you background plays a role in what you do? Of course, back when I was an addict my only desire was to get high. I didn’t care about anything else and I would do whatever I could to get the next fix. Now that I am recovering, that addiction is still there but it gets replaced with other things. I use that history to help me stay on the path to recovery.
Why was your addiction so hard for you to recover from? It felt like I was driven to keep using drugs. I was hooked and couldn’t function without them in my system. I wanted to get high but I also needed to. I couldn’t help myself for a long time.
Interview 3 this interview was conducted with a White Female in her late teens. She is recovering from an abusive relationship and is a single mother with a daughter under 1 year old.
What is motivation? It is the desire to do something.
What motivates you? My daughter, I want to try and do everything I can to give her a better life than what I have now. She is my purpose right now and I want to do everything for …show more content…

In the interviews biological needs were referenced as an indicator for motivation. We all need food, water, shelter, and companionship. Without one of these, we actively seek it out. Drugs were referenced as a motivator and it is understandably. Biologically, drugs can mimic dopamine which makes us feel good. We are motivated to continue seeking this feeling. Additionally, our offspring influence the way we act because we have a desire to care for them. This motivation helps to ensure the survival of our species. Other factors that were mention are cognitive factors. Crimes are committed because of how we think and feel at the time. Crimes of passion are just our cognition that has not fully comprehended the situation. We can turn to a higher power for motivation because we are trying to live a life that God commands. Learned factors come from our experiences and they can motivate us in different ways. When you are recovering from drug addiction, you learn about the pain you have caused others and learn how you can manage your addiction. When you fall on tough times and recover, you learn how to better deal with that situation in the future and move through it. Also, in the last interview, we see how social pressure can be a motivator because it causes us to