According to the Drive Theory of Motivation, people are motivated to take certain actions in order to reduce the internal tension caused by unmet needs. This theory is best illustrated among younger age group of adolescents in which physiological needs drive them to do minor …show more content…
This may be defined further when a person has not eaten for days, does not have clothes to wear, and many other factors. The Drive Theory of Motivation is not always motivated purely by physiological needs. Put into the level of adolescents, this theory is best illustrated when one could no longer wait for something to happen like breaking of the pot in a year-end party. As a result, one is driven to bang the pot even when it is not yet one’s turn. Thus, it becomes an unruly behavior. The arousal state drives the individual to do the action.
Humanistic Theory of Motivation is based on the idea that people also have strong cognitive reasons to perform various actions. This is famously illustrated in Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs, which presents different motivations at different levels. People are motivated to fulfill basic biological needs like food and shelter, as well as those of safety, love and esteem. Once the lower level needs have been met, the primary motivator becomes the need for self-actualization, or the desire to fulfill one's individual …show more content…
In the study, he used 60 students in each of the four classes in the State University in New York. He aimed to ascertain the extent of improvement in students’ attitudes as they progressed through the four years in college. The findings revealed that the older group tends to move faster toward the mental hygienists view in dealing with behavior problems (Porter, 2010).
The stage is inevitable since it has and will always be a part of growth and development. If one has to get to adulthood, there is no predictable and one-shot deal to get to it other than pass through the stage of adolescence. The after-effect of childhood may be a little difficult to surrender for quite some time. To some, the memories of childhood may be too strong and hard to leave that even after some time staying stable as an early adult—having passed thru adolescence—the childhood urges still remain (Devant, 2011)
An interesting study, “The Children from Homeless or deprived Environment”, was made by Lim (2013), highlighted the most important findings that there is a necessity for a warm, intimate, and continuous relationship between the family and the child from its early infancy to a certain number of years. Lim further stressed that the effect enculturation and acculturation on the personality development of the child is