Forum 2.5 - Similar Motivations?

9/30/2018

Guiding Thought Question: How are the motivations for humans to perform certain tasks going to be similar to the motivations for animals? How will they be different? Provide hypothetical examples to illustrate your point.

Today's Learning Objective: Students will learn about the psychological factors connected to the ideas of motivation and then examine examples of them by observing animals behavior in the zoo.

10 Comments

Alexis Blankenfeld

10/3/2019 07:40:07 am

They are both similar because if one has the right motivation to do something then one will do it. They would be different by how they are motivated we are not motivated to hunt for food as much as animals are.

Jasper

10/3/2019 07:44:33 am

Both humans and animals can be motivated by food, they can be motivated by new shiny toys/ objects, even appraisal, however the behavior that is being motivated to complete can be completely different.

Brynna Oxley

10/3/2019 07:44:49 am

The motivations for doing something are similar in the sense of gaining an end reward like money or an item desired by the person. However animals are more food motivated and get that as a reward but people will get something like money that can be used for many things like entertainment or more practical uses like paying bills or buying food.

Karson

10/3/2019 07:44:58 am

The similarities are the one on the right has motivation to do something then so will the other. But it is different because by how they are motivated, we do not need to hunt for food as animals do.

Natalie

10/3/2019 07:45:15 am

We have similar the similar basic motivation for survival. However, this motivation itself differs, as our requirements for survival are vastly different. While we both need food and water, humans also need money, which is our biggest motivator as a species.

Katherine

10/3/2019 07:47:16 am

The greatest motivation is driven by the survival instinct. This instinct drives people and animals to find food, water, shelter, a mate, and to protect the area that gives them these things.
An example would be a mountain lion patrolling its territory and challenging trespassers.

Fatima A.

10/3/2019 07:48:33 am

Animals are often motivated to do certain things in order to obtain food. In the other hand, humans can have plenty of reasons to be motivated such as money.

Grace Belter

10/3/2019 08:55:15 am

There is usually an award for doing a task or the task is being done to achieve something. Animals motivations tend to be more towards survival while ours it to make life more interesting.

A lion is motivated to hunt to eat and survive.
A person is motivated to go to college to get a degree and to make money.

Griffithdor

10/3/2019 08:59:00 am

Humans can be more motivated with moral or non-physical rewards, such as someone being motivated to do better in the science fair to win first place. Animals need more physical motivation because they don't necessarily understand mental or non-physical motivation because they don't need to. Animals can be physically motivated through negative means, such as motivating a cat to leave your room at 2 am with a spray bottle, or more positive motivate, such as food. One can motivate the Bat-Eared Fox to shift from back-holding to exhibit by planting food in the exhibit. These work on humans too (especially the food one), humans tend to have that mental motivation on top of that.

jackson

10/3/2019 09:00:35 am

One of biggest motivations for animals is food this is also pretty true for humans. People train animals by rewarding them with food. They will be different because human can have motivations that are much deeper like preparing for their future by trying hard in school, they want to have a good job so that is an incentive for them to work harder.

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