Pschology Terms
...of motivation.
The theory can be summarized as thus:
· Human beings have wants and desires which influence their behaviour, only unsatisfied needs can influence behaviour, satisfied needs cannot.
· Since needs are many, they are arranged in order of importance, from the basic to the complex.
· The person advances to the next level of needs only after the lower level need is at least minimally satisfied.
· The further the progress up the hierarchy, the more individuality, humanness and psychological health a person will show.
Herzberg's Two Factor Theory
Frederick Herzberg's two factor theory, concludes that certain factors in the workplace result in job satisfaction, while others do not, but if absent lead to dissatisfaction.
He distinguished between: motivation and hygiene
· Motivators; (e.g. challenging work, recognition, responsibility) which give positive satisfaction, and
· Hygiene factors; (e.g. status, job security, salary and fringe benefits) which do not motivate if present, but if absent will result in demotivation.
The name Hygiene factors is used because, like hygiene, the presence will not make you healthier, but absence can can cause health deterioration.
The theory is sometimes called the "Motivator-Hygiene Theory."
affective neuroscience The study of how emotional phenomena are executed in the brain.
associationist psychology The view that the mind is filled with ideas that enter by way of the senses and then become associated through principles such as similarity and contrast.
behavioral perspective An approach to psychology that focuses only on observable behavior, and tries to explain it in terms of its relation to environmental events.
behaviorism A school or system of psychology associated with the name of John B. Watson; it defined psychology as the study of behavior and limited the data of psychology to...
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