Intrinsic+vs+Extrinsic

INTRINSIC VS EXTRINSIC MOTIVATION
__Intrinsic Motivation__ Intrinsic means internal or inside of yourself. When you are intrinsically motivated, you enjoy an activity, course or skill development solely for the satisfaction of learning and having fun or some other internal purpose, and you are determined to strive inwardly in order to be competent or to accomplish a goal. There is no external inducement necessary when intrinsic motivation is the key to behavior or outcome. It is when a student becomes interested in the subject matter for its own sake and is less concerned about external rewards, then the motivation is described as intrinsic. When Forrest feels that he has lost everything, he decides to run across the country just because he feels like it, and no one can believe that he doesn't have some kind of ulterior motive or extrinsic motivation.

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In the Paper titled "//Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivations: Classic Definitions and New Directions//" which was published in the //Journal of Contemporary Educational// //Psychology// in 2000 and authored by Ryan and Deci, it states that instrinic motivated was first observed under experimental conditions in 1959. They add that some authors have described intrinsic motivation as being based on the satisfaction that an individual gains from a task while other authors have defined it as being due in part from the satisfaction that individuals derive from being engaged in a task.

They add that under //Cognitive Evaluation Theory,// task competence by itself does not enhance intrinsic motivation. Instead, autonomy seems to be a key factor in spurring intrinsic motivation.

__Extrinsic Motivation __ Extrinsic means external or outside of yourself. This type of motivation is everywhere and frequently used within society throughout your lifetime. When you are motivated to behave, achieve, learn or do based on a highly regarded outcome, rather than for the fun, development or learning provided within an experience, you are being extrinsically motivated. When a person chooses to learn, why does he or she do so? Psychologists point to two distinct types of rewards that promote learning. When someone decides to act in order to earn a specific reward (recognition, money, grades) then the source of the motivation is said to be extrinsic. Extrinsic motivation can be harder to maintain and, of course, there really is no Motivation Fairy.

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 “ People who are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful and feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Some psychologists call it a conflict between ego-orientation, or between **extrinsic** and intrinsic motivation... but in all cases, what counts is whether attention is turned away from the task at hand and focused on the self and its future rewards, or whether it is instead trained on the task itself. The latter attitude seems the more fruitful. ”

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