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Intrinsic & Extrinsic Motivation
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Intrinsic & Extrinsic Motivation
Intrinsic motivation - internal motivations, like feeling satisfaction after reading a book
Extrinsic motivation - external motivations, like getting stickers for finishing a book
If someone already has intrinsic motivation for a task or behaviour, introducing extrinsic motivations can reduce the person's intrinsic motivation.
Example: If a person enjoys baking fancy cakes, so their friends start paying them for cakes, they will have less intrinsic motivation to bake fancy cakes that they aren't being paid for.
Practice: Intrinsic & Extrinsic Motivation
Being motivated to do well on the your final because your parents want you to do well this semester is an example of: