A Theory of Human Motivation

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The present paper is an attempt to formulate a positive theory of motivation which will satisfy these theoretical demands and at the same time conform to the known facts, clinical and observational as well as experimental. It derives most directly, however, from clinical experience. This theory is, I think, in the functionalist tradition of James and Dewey, and is fused with the holism of Wertheimer, Goldstein, and Gestalt Psychology, and with the dynamicism of Freud and Adler. This fusion or synthesis may arbitrarily be called a 'general-dynamic' theory. It is far easier to perceive and to criticize the aspects in motivation theory than to remedy them. Mostly this is because of the very serious lack of sound data in this area. I conceive this lack of sound facts to be due primarily to the absence of a valid theory of motivation. The present theory then must be considered to be a suggested program or framework for future research and must stand or fall, not so much on facts available or evidence presented, as upon researches to be done, researches suggested perhaps, by the questions raised in this paper.

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4.2
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Sebastian Huerta
May 19, 2017
It was a good essay. Right to the point, accessible and rich in implication. Perhaps a bit more illustration or graphing and maybe contending with the other theories out there would have earned it a 5 but then again for its scope it covered a lot
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XxScarlet YoungbloodxX
July 23, 2021
Absolutely love it. Great concepts and mindset behind every single word!
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Eman Hamada
June 8, 2023
This is very bad, i do not like this one
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