Atkinson’s Expectancy-Value Theory

As a human being, you act due to impulses, motivations, and needs. In fact, these are vectors of force that direct, and in many cases determine, your behavior. From scientific research, several study perspectives have been outlined that try to specify the influence of these motivations. One of them studies secondary motives. In other words, those that aren’t based on a biological basis, but are learned. Like the primary motives, the secondary ones activate and direct your behavior towards a goal. Following along these lines, in this article we talk about Atkinson’s expectancy-value theory. Secondary motives aren’t as connected with…