ABSTRACT
In a sense, motives are abstractions from observed continuities in behavior. Prediction is a test of the conceptual worth of, a motivational scheme. We reason that if the motivational pattern of an individual can be adequately described, then it should be possible to make two kinds of predictions: (a) the motivational patterns of persons with whom the first person will seek to interact, and (b) how he will behave with, and hence influence, persons with various kinds of motivational patterns.
