Psychological Motivation

noun a stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, used for driving cattle or oxen

verb to provoke or annoy someone in order to stimulate some action or reaction

• The politician used inflammatory language to goad his opponent into making a mistake.
• Stop trying to goad me into an argument.
• He's always goading me to do things I don't want to do.
• The coach's pep talk was a goad to motivate the team to victory.

adjective relating to or characterized by heteronomy, which is the state or condition of being governed by external laws or authorities

• In a heteronomous society, laws and regulations are imposed by an external authority.
• Living in a heteronomous culture means following rules set by someone else.
• I hate feeling heteronomous, I just want to do my own thing.
• Her mind felt heteronomous, controlled by outside influences rather than her own thoughts.