Psychiatry and Psychology

Motivation

Those factors which cause an organism to behave or act in either a goal-seeking or satisfying manner. They may be influenced by physiological drives or by external stimuli.

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Abstract

Those factors which cause an organism to behave or act in either a goal-seeking or satisfying manner. They may be influenced by physiological drives or by external stimuli.

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5 entry terms
  • Motivations
  • Disincentives
  • Incentives
  • Disincentive
  • Incentive

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6 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, drug effects, ethics, genetics, physiology, radiation effects.

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human & animal

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  1. F01.658w
  2. F01.752w.543w.500w.750w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Motivation. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009042. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009042
  2. Motivation. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motivation
  3. Motivation. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q644302