Briefly Explain Motivation from the Perspective of Behavioral Learning Theory

question 56

Essay

Briefly explain motivation from the perspective of behavioral learning theory.

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Definitions:

Oedipus Complex

A Freudian theory suggesting a child's subconscious sexual desire for the opposite-sex parent and jealousy towards the same-sex parent.

Inferiority Complex

A psychological condition wherein a person feels profoundly inadequate, often resulting from real or imagined criticism.

Neo-Freudian

Neo-Freudian refers to psychologists and theorists who adopted and adapted Freud's original psychoanalytic theory, emphasizing social and cultural determinants of behavior over innate biological urges.

Alfred Adler

Austrian psychiatrist who founded the school of individual psychology, emphasizing the importance of feelings of inferiority and the creative self in personality development.