Intrinsic Motivation

Examples of Intrinsic Motivation in the following topics:

• Herzberg's Two-Factor Theory

  • Intrinsic motivators tend to represent less tangible, more emotional needs—i.e., the kinds of needs identified in McClelland's "relatedness" and "growth" categories of needs in his ERG Theory and in the higher levels of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.
  • Intrinsic motivators include challenging work, recognition, relationships, and growth potential.
  • According to Herzberg, intrinsic motivators and extrinsic motivators have an inverse relationship.
  • This is to say that intrinsic motivators tend to inspire motivation when they are present, while extrinsic motivators tend to reduce motivation when they are absent.
  • Intrinsic motivators (e.g., challenging work), on the other hand, can be a source of additional motivation.

• Motivation

  • Motivation can originate from oneself (intrinsic) or from other people (extrinsic).
  • Intrinsic motivation is based on taking pleasure in an activity, while common extrinsic motivations are rewards, like money.
  • However, motivation is ultimately linked to emotion.
  • Intrinsic motivation is based on taking pleasure in an activity rather than working towards an external reward.
  • Intrinsic motivation has been studied since the early 1970s.

• Intrinsic Motivation

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  • The cause underlying such behaviors is intrinsic motivation.
  • Intrinsic motivation is defined as engagement in actions for their own sake with the only tangible benefit being outcomes such as pleasure, learning, satisfaction, interest, or challenge.
  • Lepper and Hodell (1989) suggest four methods for enhancing intrinsic motivation:

• Incentive Theory of Motivation and Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic Motivation

  • In addition to biological motives, motivations can be either intrinsic (arising from internal factors) or extrinsic (arising from external factors).
  • Incentive theory argues that people are primarily extrinsically motivated—meaning that most motivations stem from extrinsic sources.
  • Intrinsically motivated behaviors are performed because of the sense of personal satisfaction that they bring.
  • Intrinsic motivation thus represents engagement in an activity for its own sake.
  • For instance, some data suggest that intrinsic motivation is diminished when extrinsic motivation is given—a process known as the overjustification effect.

• Defining Motivation

  • Motivations are commonly separated into drives and motives.
  • Intrinsically-motivated behaviors are generated by the sense of personal satisfaction that they bring.
  • Intrinsic motivation is a critical element in cognitive, social, and physical development; those individuals who are intrinsically motivated are likely to perform better and improve their skills at a given task.
  • Intrinsic motivation comes from within the individual and results in a sense of autonomy, mastery, and purpose.
  • Define motivation in terms of drives, motives, and intrinsic vs. extrinsic motivators

• References

  • Classrooms: Goals, structures, and student motivation.
  • Emergent motivation and the evolution of the self.
  • Intrinsic motivation in the classroom.
  • Interest, learning, and motivation.
  • How literacy tasks influence children's motivation for literacy.

• References

  • Click here to download the narration as a pdf file (http://mikeorey.myweb.uga.edu/epltt/IntrinsicMotivationLibrary.pdf) By: Meggan Ford, Laura Tolliver, and Kimberly Zuber (2011).
  • The cause underlying such behaviors is intrinsic motivation.
  • Intrinsic motivation is defined as engagement in actions for their own sake with the only tangible benefit being outcomes such as pleasure, learning, satisfaction, interest, or challenge.
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  • How to use Intrinsic Motivation in the Media Center in the schools.

• How to Motivate Students

  • Generally, motivation is conceptualized as either intrinsic or extrinsic.
  • Intrinsic motivation occurs when people are internally motivated to do something because it brings them pleasure and/or they think it is important.
  • Intrinsic motivation for education has been found to drop over grades 3-9, though the exact cause of this is not known.
  • Because students are not always internally motivated, they sometimes need situated motivation, which is found in environmental conditions that the teacher creates.
  • Teachers' beliefs and understandings also affect the motivational atmosphere.

• Bibliography

  • The author aims to reach teachers and philosophers with this article in an effort to provide ways to help increase motivation and motivation building strategies in the classroom.
  • This work is important because of its implications about students' motivation and how specific strategies and procedures in the classroom truly affect students' motivation to learn.
  • Intrinsic motivation and self-determination in human behavior.
  • Culture and the Self: Implications for Cognition, Emotion, and Motivation.
  • Motivation and personality.

• Motivating Listeners

  • We can divide our motives into two basic types: internal, intrinsic and external or extrinsic motives.
  • There is no a clear cut distinction between intrinsic and extrinsic motives.
  • Some are more intrinsic than others, but basically, a motive or motivator is extrinsic if someone controls the means or directs you to satisfy the need or desire.
  • Now we can apply this knowledge to motivate our listeners.
  • This is a strategy for organizing a speech using motives.