Instinsic and Extrinsic Motivation - 870 Words

Definitions Intrinsic Motivation Intrinsically motivated behaviours are behaviours or tasks that are displayed or completed with no apparent reward other than the activity itself (Deci, 1975). Intrinsic motivation is fueled by personal enjoyment, interest or pleasure. In a classroom setting, intrinsic motivation refers to the student completing an activity or displaying a desired behaviour purely for its inherent satisfaction (Ryan and Deci, 2000, as cited in Oudeyer and Kaplan, 2007). Salmon (2007), states that intrinsic motivation enhances enquiry and can lead to high levels of learning. Intrinsically motivated students typically enjoy the challenges of learning new skills or information, are likely to advance their learning with a mastery-approach, thought to develop a greater understanding of their learning and appear more resistant to discouragement in the event of a poor grade (Hoskin and Newstead, 2009, as cited in Murray, n.d). Extrinsic Motivation Extrinsically motivated behaviours are behaviours or tasks that are induced by rewards or punishment, depending on the success or failure of the task (Lin, McKeachie and Kim, 2003). Vallerand (2004) states that when a student is extrinsically motivated they do not engage in activities out of pleasure but rather do so to derive some kind of reward that are external to the activity itself. Motivation Giani and OGuinn (2010) state that motivation consists of the physical, emotional, cognitive and social forces that