DRIVE-REDUCTION THEORY (HULL)

The drive reduction theory of motivation became popular during the 1940s and

1950s as a way to explain behavior, learning, and motivation. The theory was created by

behaviorist Clark Hull and further developed by his collaborator Kenneth Spence.

According to the theory, the reduction of drives is the primary force behind motivation.

While the drive-reduction theory of motivation was once a dominant force in psychology,

it is largely ignored today. Despite this, it's worthwhile for students to learn more about

Hull’s ideas in order to understand the effect his work had on psychology and to see how

other theorists responded by proposing their own theories.

This theory helps me understand the drives that caused motivation to pursue the

things in mind. I am a kind of person who has wild imaginations maybe because of under

influence on the books that I have read mostly are literary poems and prose. Reading is

boring when you hadn’t been fallen in love with it. As far as I could recall when I was a

child no one pushed me through to read books but myself alone. The drive that caused

me to become active is my objective to learn and develop my linguistic ability. I was also

been under pressure by my classmates due to their aim to be also at the top. In the

circles of my friends, all of us belong to the rank. Though we are competitors in the rank,

our friendship remained strong. We set aside those competition when we are not inside

the classroom. I never regretted anything in my childhood days because I experienced

how to play with the kids as young as I was before. I experienced to become victim of

bullies because of my way I behave in which according to them do not conform to the

standards of how a boy should act and behave. I kept those criticism in myself and I

turned every single thing a motivation to pursue what my family wanted me to be and

also the dream that I wanted to become real. I realized in life there are two kinds of

persons who can be a source of motivation, the one who uplifts and the one who criticize.

They both can be of great help.