Motivation and emotion/Book/2010/Depression and motivation/Why questions

‘Why’ Questions Studies of motivation are based on the central question: Why do people initiate, choose or persist in specific actions in certain circumstances? Everyday Examples of ‘Why’ Questions: “Why does someone not eat the meal you prepared for them?” Are they not hungry? Do they not like the food? Do they not like you? “Why does the university student fail their exam?” Does the student lack the ability? Did they not study enough? Were the questions too hard? (Weiner, 1992)