Some children love school.
While teachers and students' parents may believe that something is wrong with these children, Professor Steven Reiss doesn't think so. Reiss, a professor of psychology and psychiatry at Ohio State University, has spent five years developing and testing a new theory of human motivation. The 16 Basic Desires that Motivate Our Actions and Define Our Personalities. After conducting studies of more than 6,000 people, Reiss has found that 16 basic desires guide nearly all meaningful human behavior. Reiss says the desires are power, independence, curiosity, acceptance, order, saving, honor, idealism, social contact, family, status, vengeance, romance, eating, physical exercise and tranquility.