{"id":957,"date":"2022-11-02T22:42:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T20:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/support.centreforelites.com\/biological-or-arousal-theory-of-motivation\/"},"modified":"2024-03-25T10:32:05","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T08:32:05","slug":"biological-or-arousal-theory-of-motivation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/support.centreforelites.com\/en\/biological-or-arousal-theory-of-motivation\/","title":{"rendered":"BIOLOGICAL OR AROUSAL THEORY OF MOTIVATION"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u00a0This poest describes the arousal theory of motivation and its application in classroom situation. Arousal can be defined as A physiological and psychological state of being awake or reactive to stimuli, including elevated heart rate and blood pressure and a condition of sensory alertness, mobility, and readiness to respond. Arousal theory proposes that motivation is strongly linked to biological factors that control reward sensitivity and goal-driven behavior.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This will constitute the main topic of debate in this section. Every living organism, which include humans, have a self-regulatory system in their bodies, working in the same way as homeostasis does in maintaining the internal body processes such as temperature, sugar, blood pressure, salt, hormone production, etc. This process of homeostasis helps to maintain our bodies at balance and corrects any possible deviation in the way our bodies function. Our several motivated behaviours, namely hunger are driven in the similar way using the homeostasis.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The arousal theory of motivation was developed by Donald<\/b> <\/a>Hebb<\/a>, <\/b>a Canadian Neuropsychologist, (of which he is recognised as the founding father) who lived between 22nd<\/sup> July 1904 and 20th<\/sup> August,1985. In his career, He strived to establish the contribution of the neuronal function to the psychological such as learning. His Arousal theory, states that there is an optimal level of arousal necessary to perform a task well. If arousal level is too high for a task, organism will seek behaviours to drop arousal. If arousal level is too low for a task, organism will seek behaviours to raise arousal. Engage in behaviour to regulate optimal arousal.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Donald Olding Hebb<\/b> n<\/span>oticed that some individuals engage in behaviours not necessarily for homeostasis, some was for pleasure, motivation for arousal actually the opposite of homeostasis<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Optimal arousal is a \u201cpush\u201d or internal motivation to act in a certain manner. Arousal, like drive, is thought to energise and direct behaviour. Arousal is able to explain behaviour that continues at the same level and intensity or increases, and it is not a hypothetical construct but a measurable phenomenon. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Donald Hebb theory, states that there is an optimal level of arousal necessary to perform a task well. If arousal level is too high for a task, organism will seek behaviours to drop arousal. If arousal level is too low for a task, organism will seek behaviours to raise arousal, engage in behaviour to regulate optimal arousal. His views could be supported by the following experiments.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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