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  2. Motivation - Wikipedia

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    Motivation is relevant in many fields and affects educational success, work performance, consumer behavior, and athletic success. Motivation is an internal state that propels individuals to engage in goal -directed behavior. It is often understood as a force that explains why people or animals initiate, continue, or terminate a certain behavior ...

  3. Proselytism - Wikipedia

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    Proselytism ( / ˈprɒsəlɪtɪzəm /) is the policy of attempting to convert people's religious or political beliefs. [1] [2] [3] Carrying out attempts to instill beliefs can be called proselytization. [4] Sally Sledge discusses religious proselytization as the marketing of religious messages. [5] Proselytism is illegal in some countries. [6]

  4. Reciprocity (social psychology) - Wikipedia

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    In social psychology, reciprocity is a social norm of responding to a positive action with another positive action, rewarding kind actions. As a social construct, reciprocity means that in response to friendly actions, people are frequently much nicer and much more cooperative than predicted by the self-interest model; conversely, in response ...

  5. Passion (emotion) - Wikipedia

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    Passion (Greek πάσχω "to suffer, to be acted on" [1] and Late Latin (chiefly Christian [2]) passio "passion; suffering") [3] denotes strong and intractable or barely controllable emotion or inclination with respect to a particular person or thing. Passion can range from eager interest in, or admiration for, an idea, proposal, or cause; to ...

  6. Loaded language - Wikipedia

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    Loaded language (also known as loaded terms, strong emotive language, high-inference language, language-persuasive techniques, and rhetorical language) is rhetoric used to influence an audience by using words and phrases with strong connotations. This type of language is very often made vague to more effectively invoke an emotional response and ...

  7. Group cohesiveness - Wikipedia

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    Group cohesiveness, also called group cohesion or social cohesion, arises when bonds link members of a social group to one another and to the group as a whole. [1] Although cohesion is a multi-faceted process, it can be broken down into four main components: social relations, task relations, perceived unity, and emotions. [2] Members of strongly cohesive groups are more inclined to participate ...

  8. Zionism - Wikipedia

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    Terminology The term "Zionism" is derived from the word Zion, a hill in Jerusalem, widely symbolizing the Land of Israel. Throughout eastern Europe in the late 19th century, numerous grassroots groups promoted the national resettlement of the Jews in their homeland, as well as the revitalization and cultivation of the Hebrew language. These groups were collectively called the "Lovers of Zion ...

  9. Incentive - Wikipedia

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    An incentive is a powerful tool to influence certain desired behaviors or action often adopted by governments and businesses. [4] Incentives can be broadly broken down into two categories: intrinsic incentives and extrinsic incentives. [5] Overall, both types of incentives can be powerful tools often employ to increase effort and higher ...