Definition of self-control of motivation
Professor Victor Vroom of the Yale School of Management has devised a theory called the 'expectancy theory' that provides details on when people will decide to exercise self-control in their pursuance of a particular goal. Self-control of motivation is often looked upon as a subset of emotional intelligence. A person may be highly intelligent but not motivated to use his faculty of intelligence for any task.
Drives and desires is described as a deficiency or need that initiates behaviour towards achieving a particular goal or incentive. Most of the times, drives as well as desires need nor external factor to be ignited and have their origin within the self.
Drives might be sparked off by basic needs like hunger that'll motivate a person to seek food as well as by more refined needs like the need to be praised which'll drive a person to please all around him.
The role of external rewards is very significant in the process of training animals. If we give animals a treat after they display a trick, they'll be motivated to repeat their trick consistently, hoping to get the treat again.
Theories of motivation: Drive Reduction Theories
Drive Reduction Theories
A number of theories have been devised for explaining drives.
The Drive Reduction theory, which is based on Freudian theories stems out from the fact that the intensity of our biological needs like hunger increases when it is not satisfied.
After it gets satisfied, the intensity decreases. This theory, however has some debatable loopholes. It does not elucidate the process in which Secondary Reinforcers diminish drive. For instance, money does not directly satisfy any of our biological needs, but manages to reduce the drive for them basis through a paycheck second-order conditioning. The theory also fails to explain certain situations like how can a hungry man complete preparing his own food without eating it before finishing the preparation. However, this is not a very logical instance of a flaw in the theory as the situation is plausible in real life. In reality, a man does get hungrier, when he sees his food being prepared and waits till it is cooked by putting into use his restraint, which has nothing to do with his drive level. Moreover, the food will also not be edible prior to complete cooking.