Internal systems: What are the internal structures that lead to us acting (as opposed, perhaps, to not acting). (From this Site)
Here key systems:
- Aristotle's seven causes: Seven factors that motivate.
- Beliefs: are 'assumed truths' on which our understanding of the world is founded.
- Emotions: are the fundamental internal systems that kick us into action.
- Extrinsic Motivation: Driven by external factors.
- Goals: that we set ourselves to achieve our needs.
- Interest: those things that attract our attention.
- Intrinsic Motivation: Driven by internal factors.
- Motivating gaps: It's the gaps that drive us forward.
- Needs: are the pre-programmed drivers that evolution has given us.
- Values: are the social rules that we live by that enable our tribal societies to function.
Identify studies which consider these as independent variables, mediating, moderatiing, control variables