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Motivation in Adventure

• Alaric Saltzman

  
   

  February 1, 2016

  How to co-relate Motivation to Adventure ?

  How to co-relate Motivation to Adventure ?
• Aaliyah Mann

  

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  February 1, 2016

  Adventurous experiences create psychological arousal, which can be interpreted as negative (e.g. fear) or positive (e.g. flow), and which can be detrimental as stated by the Yerkes-Dodson law. For some people, adventure becomes a major pursuit in and of itself. According to adventurer André Malraux, in his La Condition Humaine (1933), "If a man is not ready to risk his life, where is his dignity?"  Similarly, Helen Keller stated that "Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.

  Adventurous experiences create psychological arousal, which can be interpreted as negative (e.g. fear) or positive (e.g. flow), and which can be detrimental as stated by the Yerkes-Dodson law. For some people, adventure becomes a major pursuit in and of itself. According to adventurer André Malraux, in his La Condition Humaine (1933), "If a man is not ready to risk his life, where is his dignity?"  Similarly, Helen Keller stated that "Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.