Psychology of Motivation Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• need: a state of deficiency in the organism that underlies activity.
• stimulus: an external influence that prompts action.
• drive: internal tension arising from an unmet need, pushing the organism to satisfy it.
• motive: an internal impulse to act, answering the question "for what purpose?"
• homeostasis: the organism's tendency to maintain internal equilibrium as a foundation of motivation.
• affiliation: the need to belong to a group, for communication and emotional contact.
• power: the need to control resources and the behaviour of others.
• avoidance: motivation directed at evading failure, punishment, or unpleasant situations.
• locus: a person's tendency to attribute responsibility for events to external factors or to oneself (locus of control).
• procrastination: the tendency to postpone important tasks, replacing them with more pleasant but less significant activities.
• achievement: motivation aimed at setting and solving challenging tasks, striving for mastery.
• valence: in vroom's expectancy theory — the attractiveness or value of an expected outcome.
• attribution: the process of assigning causes to one's own or others' behaviour (causal attribution).
• self-esteem: a person's assessment of their own capabilities and worth, influencing the strength of motivation.
• intrinsici: ntrinsic motivation, where an activity is performed for the interest and enjoyment of the process itself.
• dissonance: cognitive discomfort arising from conflicting beliefs, generating motivation to reduce it.
• goal: a conscious image of a desired future outcome that guides action.
• laziness: a state of low motivation, a lack of desire to act.
• reward: an external reinforcement received for performing an action.
• flow: an optimal state of complete absorption in an activity.