Different Theoretical Perspectives

The motivational theoretical perspective is centered on the individual influenced by how his or her own needs or motives influence behavior and decision making. When an individual is presented with challenges, these challenges produce or aggravate needs that trigger behaviors in the individual to satisfy those needs. For Example, if climbed the corporate ladder based simply on my own internal drive to compete with others for rank and privilege.

The cognitive theoretical perspective is centered on an individual's immediate not learned perception of a condition adapting their behavior and decision making is developed by those perceptions in a social surrounding. It says that people tend to involuntarily group or categorize objects and focus attention on the most obvious environmental situations. For example, if I climb the corporate ladder because I recognize that is also how others view success.

The learning theoretical perspective is centered on the individual influenced by how his or her own gains knowledge of others and resources. Education knowledge such as gaining a degree in the acquired career path and challenges that arise, these challenges produce or intensify needs that generate behaviors in the individual to satisfy those needs. For Example, if climbed the corporate ladder based purely on my own experience and knowledge and use that for rank and privilege.

The sociocultural theoretical perspective is that people maneuver under a real or apparent cultural or social circumstance influenced by their behavior will be randomly influenced according to different social rules and cultural principles. For example, if I were to climb the corporate ladder because that is a recognized route of success in American business customs, and works well for others as a way to success.

The evolutionary theoretical perspective is an emerging field of study that recognizes and captures concepts from the other perspectives. The scientific principal of evolution. The evolutionary perspective frames classical human behavior and motivational patterns in terms of biological evolution and natural selection. For example, if I climb the corporate ladder because my inherent biological drive to succeed manifests itself in my contemporary frame of psychosocial circumstances.