The Psychology of Motivation and Its Influence on Goal Attainment

Abstract

This research investigates the psychology of motivation and its influence on individuals' ability to achieve their goals. Understanding the processes that underlie motivation is key to aiding the achievement of one's goals because motivation plays such an important part in driving and directing behaviour towards specified outcomes. This research investigates a number of different motivational theories, including those pertaining to intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, self-determination theory, goal-setting theory, and achievement motivation, with the end objective of elucidating the psychological aspects that are responsible for the achievement of one's goals. The research uses a mixed-methods approach, combining qualitative interviews and quantitative surveys in order to investigate the cognitive, emotional, and social elements of motivation. The quantitative component entails the administration of surveys to individuals in order to measure their levels of motivation, goal-setting processes, perceptions towards their own self-efficacy, and progress towards achieving their goals. In order to investigate the connections between the various kinds of motivation and the completion of a goal, statistical studies will be carried out.