FRUSTATION AND CONFLICT
You must be aware that it is not always easy to satisfy the
needs. You must have a variety of needs at a tim. We all face certain
difficulties in our attempts to satisfy the needs. We sometimes meet with
failures. Also many obstacles prevent us from reaching the goals. When our
needs are not satisfied, we get frustrateb.
Frustrationis the feeling within an individual of being
blocked in the attempts to satisfy needs which one considers significant.
Frustration refers to the blocking of behaviour directed towards a goal. An
individual displays some sort of
disturbed behaviour when he or she is prevented form fulfilling the desired
goals. If motives are frustrated or blocked, the person may feels anxious,
depressed or angry. For exampl, if you want to go to a movie or want to play
and your parents refuse permission, you may
show some kind of disturbed behaviour such as anger and shouting.
Frustration often leads to aggression directed towards to source of
fruutration.
Generally there are three main sources of frustration. These
are as follows:
(I) Environmental Forces: The environmental factors can
frustrate the satisfaction of motives. The obstacle may be physical such as
lack of money or a road block. They may be social. For instance, yours parents,
teachers or classmates may prevent you from doing something what you want to
do.
(ii) Personal Factors or Limitations: They make goals
unattainable and produce frustration. The personal inadequacy may be either
physical or psycholgical. The personal characteristics of indivdual like personality or intelligence affect
performance. The limitations of ability frustrate individuals because they do
not let him achieve very high goals. At times we have conflicting goals which create
frustration.
(iii) Conflict: A conflict is a situation in which an
individual is required to act in two or more oncompatible ways to achieve two
or more exclusive goals. It occurs when an individual is unable to choose
between two or more goals.
We all confront some degree of conflict in every stage of
our life. We sometimes face a situation where we are supposed to choose between
two or more alternatives. For examples, we may have to decide whether to buy a
book or go to a movie. On the one hand, you may likes to play and get company
of your friends, and on the other,if you study for the examination you may be
successful in the exams. The motive to play and get the company of the friend
is thus in conflict with the motive to
be successful in examination.
Types of Conflicts: There are three kinds of conflict which
are called “approach-approach conflict”, “ avoidance conflict” and “approach-
avoidance conflict”.
An approach- approach conflict is a situation when one has
to choose between two positive and equally attractive goals. It is caused when
we have two pleasurable goals within our reach. We have to choose one out of
these two. The example of this kind of conflict may be found in a situation
when you are offered admission to two equally attractive courses of study for
higher education and you have to decide between them.
The second types of conflict is avoidance- avoidance
conflict. It occurs when we have to decide between two equally undesirable and
negative goals. For example, such a conflict may arise when you have to choose
between goal that are equally disliked by you.
In approach- avoidance conflict, we are both attracted and
repelled by the same goal. It arises when there are both desirable and
undesirable feelings associated with a single goal. For example, you want to
marry a girl to whom you love because your parents are not agreeable. You
cannot marry her as you do not hurt your parents as well. This kind of conflict
is most difficult to serve and brings emotional discomfort.
WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNT
. Motivation refers to the driving and pulling forces which
result in persistent behaviour directed towards a goal. The primary needs such
as hunger, thirst and sex, have their origin in the physiological state of the
body. Hunger may be, initiated when blood sugar level falls below certain
point. A decrease in the volume of blood due to water loss causes to thirst.
Sexual motivation depends on sex hormones.
.Socio-psychogenic motives such as need for power,
affilation, achievement and approval are learnt motives and involve other
people. The need for achievement is a motive to accomplish things and to be
successful in performing tasks. Power motivation is a social motivation in
which the goal is to influence, control, persuade, lead, charm others and enhance
one”s own reputation in the eyes of these.
Intrinsic motives are those activities for which there is no
apparent reward but one gets enjoyment and satisfaction in doing these
activities. Competence is an intrinsic motivation. Self efficacy, life goals,
and values held by people also
Works as sources of motivation. Motivation are often blocked
or frustrated. The major sources of this frustration are environmental factors.
Personal factors and conflict. Three types of conflicts are a )
approach-approach conflict b) avoidance conflict and c) approach- avoidance
conflict.
TERMINAL EXERCISE
1) Briefly explain the nature of motivation.
2) Explain the basic concepts of motivation.
3) What do you understand by primary needs? How are these
different from socio- psychogenic needs?
4) What is self efficacy? Show its relationship with
behaviour.
5) Define values and describe some important values.
6) What are the sources of frustration? Name the three kinds
of conflict of motives.
ANSWER TO INTEXT QUESTIONS
9.1
1.a)Action
B) motivation
C) not
D) behavoiur
2.Motivation is the process of activating, maintaining and
directing behaviour towards a particular goal.
9.2
A) lack deficit b)
cognitive, and c) objects
9.3
1) Maslow. The hierarchy is:
(I) physiological needs
(ii) Safety needs
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