ABSTRACT
The formation of an intention has been dubbed volition within motivation psychology. According to the psychological terminology drives denote behavior triggering factors whose cause is primarily biologically determined. By contrast it is assumed that motives and needs are to a large extent learned during the course of a person's social development. This chapter explores one of the most popular of motivation theories: Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs pyramid. Single-mindedness, or purposefulness, is closely related to motivation. Motives are the basis of intensity, direction, form and of the goal orientation of possible activities. Behavior is always a function of environment and personality variables, or behavior within a real situation is triggered both by the environment and by a person's personality. If motivation was exclusively attributed the function of triggering reactions, then due to the statements of activation theory it would be rendered redundant, because activation theory explains everything that such a limited motivation theory would also explain.
