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Human Motivation Human Motivation is the study of the response a human being has

to an external or internal stimulus . Human beings body responds to

stimulations motivated by the desire to eat when were hungry , sleep

when we are sleepy . We are directing a behavior to a particular goal

We must be stimulated to accomplish anything in life . It is important

In life to set these goals

Motivation is an internal state or condition that is sometimes

described as the need for desire , or want . It serves to

activate or

energize human behavior and to give it direction It is the internal state or condition that activates behavior giving it direction Desire or want that energizes and directs goal-oriental behavior Influence of needs and desires on the intensity and direction of

behavior

Emotion is different from motivation in a way that it is not

goal-oriented . Emotions occur as a result of an interaction between

perception of environmental stimulus and hormonal responses to what we

are seeing and the subjective cognitive for these feelings . The

evidence suggests there is a small part of emotions , which are unique

with a specific facial expression . This would imply that they are small

numbers of unique biological responses that are genetically wired to

humans ' facial expressions

This theory also works in reverse , in other words in to

change your feelings (i .e . your physiological functioning ) the first

step you should do is change your facial expression into something

positive . People are motivated to change how they are feeling , they can

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and they can change that feeling by changing their facial expression

Most people want to feel happy instead of sad so the most appropriate

expression is to smile A real-life scenario of this is a Bobby is a normal teenage boy

aroused by Suzy , the pretty popular girl in school . Bobby is

immediately stimulated by Suzy 's beauty and personality . He wants to

get to know her better . He is affected by the human motivation of arousal and finds a way to ask Suzy for a date

A second real-life scenario is Suzy procrastinates in calling Bobby

for a date . Her stimulation is zero as well as her self-esteem

she is frightened that Bobby , the cute boy in school will not go out

with her because he doesn 't like her . Three theories of human

motivations can be used here in to motivate Suzy to stop

procrastinating and call Bobby . The first is to use human motivation

theory of arousal . Suzy should apply emotion to see how much she is

really attracted to Bobby

The second human motivation is direction , Suzy should think positive

and join positive groups to boost her self-confidence . If you think

positive , positive things will happen to you . Lastly is the third human

motivation of persistence of behavior . Suzy should obtain the desired

reward , and eliminate threat or negativity , which may stop her from

achieving her appointed goal . -Works Cited-

Robert E . Franken...