Concept information
Preferred term
motivation
Definition
- A disposition to instigate or initiate (needs, motives) and direct (goals, values) behavior (adapted from Murayama & Jach, 2025, p. 1-2).
Broader concept
Scope note
- The definition of motivation has undergone historical changes and depends on the context in which the term is used.
Belongs to group
Bibliographic citation(s)
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• Anselme, P. (2022). Motivation incitatrice: Un aperçu historique des enjeux théoriques. L’Année psychologique, 122(2), 339–366. https://doi.org/10.3917/anpsy1.222.0339
• Document type: literature review
• Access: closed
- • Berridge, K. C. (2018). Evolving concepts of emotion and motivation. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 1647. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01647
{{#each properties}}• Document type: conceptual analysis
, literature review• Access: open
- • Miendlarzewska, E. A., Bavelier, D., & Schwartz, S. (2016). Influence of reward motivation on human declarative memory. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 61, 156–176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2015.11.015
• Document type: literature review
• Access: closed
- • Murayama, K. (2023). Are cognition, motivation, and emotion the same or different? Let’s abandon that thinking. In M. Bong, J. Reeve, & S. Kim (Eds.), Motivation Science: Controversies and Insights (pp. 243–245). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197662359.003.0041
• Document type: conceptual analysis
, literature review• Access: closed
- • Murayama, K., & Jach, H. (2025). A critique of motivation constructs to explain higher-order behavior: We should unpack the black box. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 48, e24. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X24000025
• Document type: conceptual analysis
, literature review• Access: closed
- • Pekrun, R. (2023). Jingle-jangle fallacies in motivation science: Toward a definition of core motivation. In M. Bong, J. Reeve, & S. Kim (Eds.), Motivation Science: Controversies and Insights (pp. 52–58). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197662359.003.0009
• Document type: conceptual analysis
, literature review• Access: closed
Creator
- Frank Arnould
In other languages
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French
URI
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