What Causes Behavior?
Reeve listed questions to understand and answer the existence of behavior. -why does a behavior happen? -why is a behavior sustainable over time? -why does a behavior stop? -why does a behavior change direction? -why is a behavior directed towards a particular goal yet is far away from other goals? Why does a behavior happen? Behavior happens due to multiple reasons. We need to study/ read books for the coming exam. We may also study / read books because we want to prepare for an assignment to be submitted. Why is a behavior sustainable over time? There are reasons why behavior unable to be sustained over time. A person may able to pay attention to a particular lecture for more than 2 hours but unable to concentrate study on his own reading the textbook. The reasons may be due to lack of interest on the subject being read which is commonly associated with low intrinsic motivation. Why does a behavior stop? People may stop studying a subject because they have passed the subject. However someone may also stop from conducting his business due to losses or failure in conducting the business. There are multiple reasons why the behavior stop and they vary from one person to another person. Why does a behavior change direction? New important factor or information may cause the behavior to change. For instance, you want to be a new car but you discovered that you need to pay huge some of money while visiting the showroom and because of that you decided to buy a used car. why is a behavior directed towards a particular goal yet is far away from other goals? Behavior involves approaching certain goals while avoiding others. I need to study to pass the exam and able to get a job after graduation to support my life.
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