Motivation

Motivation is a theoretical construct used to explain behavior. It represents the reasons for people's actions, desires, and needs. Motivation can also be defined as one's direction to behavior, or what causes a person to want to repeat a behavior and vice versa. A motive is what prompts the person to act in a certain way, or at least develop an inclination for specific behavior. According to Maehr and Meyer, "Motivation is a word that is part of the popular culture as few other psychological concepts are".

Types of theories and models

Motivation theories can be classified on a number of bases.

Psychological theories and models

Motivation can be conceived of as a cycle in which thoughts influence behaviors, behaviors drive performance, performance impacts thoughts, and the cycle begins again. Each stage of the cycle is composed of many dimensions including attitudes, beliefs, intentions, effort, and withdrawal which can all affect the motivation that an individual experiences.

Motivation (Sheryl Crow song)

"Motivation" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow for her sixth studio album, Detours, and released as a single.

The song has earned praise for its memorable melody and facetious lyrics.

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Motivation (Sum 41 song)

"Motivation" is a song recorded by Canadian pop punk band Sum 41. It was released in January 2002 as the third single from the album All Killer No Filler. Greig Nori appears on backing vocals.

Content

The song is about being self-centered, demotivated and being too lazy to look for motivation to do anything.

In popular culture

The song has been used in the Smallville episode "Hothead", the Malcolm in the Middle episode "Hal Coaches" and The Challenge episode "Battle of the Seasons: Slam Dunk". The Detroit Red Wings chose Motivation to be their opening song each home game in 2003. It has been used in the video game Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock.

Music video

The music video is of the band playing in Steve Jocz' attic located in Ajax Ontario. The room is piled with garbage and other various items.

Track listing

Single version