The wants, needs and beliefs that drive a character . "I don't understand the drug lord's motivation for wanting Salazar dead."
Motivation is a reason that explains or partially explains why a character thinks, feels, acts, or behaves in a certain way.
The reason for the action.
The reason for your action.
The actor's reason for doing or saying something.
That which can be construed to have determined a person's (or character's) behavior. Since Konstantin Stanislavsky (1863-1938), actors have been encouraged to study the possible motivations of their characters' actions. See also objective.
a kind of psychological cause
the driving force or incentive for a particular behavior; a psychological need.
A psychological concept with no single universally accepted definition, but which organisational sociologists aver concerns the determinants of intent, effort and tenacity, factors that push or pull us as individuals to behave in a particular manner.
A learning principle that says participants learn best when they are motivated. The material must be meaningful and worthwhile to the participant not only to the trainer.
Feelings that drive someone toward a particular objective.
To move people to a certain way of action or behaviour by convincing them.
the extent to which an individual is engaged by the work role he or she occupies. Theories of motivation suggest that motivated behaviour occurs either because work fulfils psychological needs or because of more rational decision-making processes where there appears to be a clear connection between effort and performance and performance and value outcomes.
The reason why a swimmer decides, or otherwise, to prepare to perform. (See also AROUSAL)
The reason(s) why a person works at a particular job and for a particular organization. Subject to various theories relating to the way they do things.
A psychological need, drive, or feeling that raises the intensity of an action. Motivation is key for VR use.
a character's reason for saying or doing something; actors search for this in studying their role and use voice and movement to relay it to the audience.
The drive to do something.
a) the situation, reasoning, or driving compulsion behind a character's intent; b) the character background or situational factors that actors analyze to "motivate" their performance of a role.
the reason(s) behind a particular character's actions which causes them to react or act in the way they do.
An inner mental state that prompts a direction, intensity and persistence in behaviour
the innate or acquired drive that stimulates behaviour, and that may be negatively originated to solve or avoid a problem (for example) or positively originate for sensory gratification or social approval
the reason a character is struggling so hard to achieve his or her goal, or the reason the author wrote the piece. Example: Othello smothers Desdemona when he thinks her unfaithful; motivation for this act has been supplied by revealing the intensity of his pride and jealousy.
the driving force behind a character's actions.
Why a character does what he does.
an inducement or incentive to action; in a story, the psychological or social factors that drive character action
A character's reason for doing or saying things in a play.
the need or desire that determines an individual’s effort, behaviours and actions.
The driving force behind all actions of human beings, animals, and lower organisms. It is an internal state that activates behavior and gives it direction. Emotion is closely related to motivation, and may be regarded as the subjectively experienced component of motivational states.
Force that moves someone to take action.
the resource should achieve the active engagement of the learner and be interesting, innovative and appealing, build on prior knowledge and skills, and promote relevant action on the part of the learner.