Question

Elaborate on sociogenic and biogenic motives?

Answer 1

Psychologists have divided motives into three types—Biological motives, social motives and personal motives!

The goal here may be fulfillment of a want or a need. Whenever a need arises the organism is driven to fulfil that want or need. If there is no need in the organism, there will be no behaviour. For example, Horse and water. Horse does not drink water unless it has thirst or if it is not motivated. Unlike the external stimuli, the motives are limited.

The behaviour to fulfil such needs is mechanical and alike in all the organisms. Hunger is a motive which stimulates the organism to have food. We develop hunger when the food that was taken earlier is exhausted.

Answer 2

Answer:

Sociogenic and biogenic motives are the driving force that causes us to achieve the desired goals.

Explanation:  

Biological or Biogenic motives have a definite physiological basis and are very much necessary for survival of the individual or species. The biogenic motives consist of hunger, thirst, pain, fatigue, sleep and maternal.  

The Sociogenic or physchosocial are not physiologically bases but are causes of the development of a perdsonality. It generally originates during our life time.