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Recommended textbook solutionsMyers' Psychology for AP2nd EditionDavid G Myers 900 solutions A Concise Introduction to Logic13th EditionLori Watson, Patrick J. Hurley 1,967 solutions Psychology: Principles in Practice1st EditionSpencer A. Rathus 1,024 solutions Psychology1st EditionHOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT 1,007 solutions What is defined as the processes that account for an individual's intensity direction and persistence of effort toward attaining a goal?Motivation = “The processes that account for an individual's intensity, direction, and persistence of effort toward achieving a goal”
Is defined as the processes that account for an individuals intensity?Motivation is defined as the processes that account for an individual's intensity, direction, and persistence of effort toward attaining a goal.
Which theory of motivation focuses on the relationship between a behavior and consequences?The reinforcement theory, based on E. L. Thorndike's law of effect, simply looks at the relationship between behavior and its consequences.
Why is persistence an important component of motivation?Anyone who has ever had a goal (like wanting to lose ten pounds or wanting to run a marathon) probably immediately realizes that simply having the desire to accomplish something is not enough. Achieving such a goal requires the ability to persist through obstacles and endurance to keep going in spite of difficulties.
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