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Maximizing a child's self esteem is one of the more gratifying accomplishments that an adult can achieve in life. Can you imagine the feeling you would have knowing you have influenced a teenager throughout his upbringing to be the best he can be? Whether it be a Rhodes Scholar or graduating with his High School class. Pride of achievement is something you can to be a part of
Motivating a child usually translates to energizing goal-oriented behavior. Students are likely to be motivated by the amount of effort they put in, believe they can be effective in reaching desired goals and are interested in mastering a topic, rather than just rote-learning to achieve good grades.
The self-control of motivation may be understood as a subject of emotional intelligence; a kid may be highly intelligent according to a conservative definition yet unmotivated to dedicate this intelligence to certain tasks. Drives and desires can be described as a need that activates behavior that may be aimed at a goal. These may begin within the person and may not require outside stimulation to encourage the behavior. Basic drives could be sparked by deficiencies such as hunger, which motivates a person to seek food; whereas more subtle drives might be the desire for praise and approval, which motivates a child to behave in a manner pleasing to others.
In the incentive theory of motivation a reward, tangible or intangible, is presented after the occurrence of a behavior with the intent to cause the behavior to occur again. This is best accomplished by associating positive meaning to the behavior. Studies show that if the child receives the reward immediately, the effect could be greater, and decreases as the duration lengthens. A repetitive action-reward combination can cause the action to become habit. Motivation comes from two sources; oneself, and other people. These two sources are called intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation, respectively.
Human beings have desires and wants that influence their behavior. Only unsatisfied wants negatively influence behavior, satisfied needs no not. Since needs are many, they are arranged in order of importance, from the basic to the complex. A person advances to the next level of needs only after the lower level need is at least minimally met. The further the progress up the hierarchy, the more individuality, humanness and psychological health a child will show.
The factors that motivate people can change over their lifetime, but "respect for me as a person" is one of the top motivating factors at any stage of life.
Mobilizing a kid to do something is another topic altogether and I do talk about this on my blog.
Motivating a child usually translates to energizing goal-oriented behavior. Students are likely to be motivated by the amount of effort they put in, believe they can be effective in reaching desired goals and are interested in mastering a topic, rather than just rote-learning to achieve good grades.
The self-control of motivation may be understood as a subject of emotional intelligence; a kid may be highly intelligent according to a conservative definition yet unmotivated to dedicate this intelligence to certain tasks. Drives and desires can be described as a need that activates behavior that may be aimed at a goal. These may begin within the person and may not require outside stimulation to encourage the behavior. Basic drives could be sparked by deficiencies such as hunger, which motivates a person to seek food; whereas more subtle drives might be the desire for praise and approval, which motivates a child to behave in a manner pleasing to others.
In the incentive theory of motivation a reward, tangible or intangible, is presented after the occurrence of a behavior with the intent to cause the behavior to occur again. This is best accomplished by associating positive meaning to the behavior. Studies show that if the child receives the reward immediately, the effect could be greater, and decreases as the duration lengthens. A repetitive action-reward combination can cause the action to become habit. Motivation comes from two sources; oneself, and other people. These two sources are called intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation, respectively.
Human beings have desires and wants that influence their behavior. Only unsatisfied wants negatively influence behavior, satisfied needs no not. Since needs are many, they are arranged in order of importance, from the basic to the complex. A person advances to the next level of needs only after the lower level need is at least minimally met. The further the progress up the hierarchy, the more individuality, humanness and psychological health a child will show.
The factors that motivate people can change over their lifetime, but "respect for me as a person" is one of the top motivating factors at any stage of life.
Mobilizing a kid to do something is another topic altogether and I do talk about this on my blog.
Maureen Amberg is an author and entrepreneur whose focus is on caring for kids and helping all interested adults do the same.
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Thank you for reading!
Please check: http://KidsEdgeOnSelfEsteem.com
Blog: http://www.MEAOnlineEdge.blogspot.com
I welcome all comments and suggestions
Thank you for reading!
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