Why I Support Extrinsic Motivation

Motivation often is classified as intrinsic or extrinsic. Students who are motivated intrinsically have an internal drive to succeed and a personal interest in the material. Students with extrinsic motivation engage in activities to obtain external incentives, such as grades or rewards (Sedden & Clark, 2016). Although, instructors note that intrinsic motivation is best for students, many

intrinsic motivation comes from within you as to extrinsic comes from external energy. i believe intrinsic motivation is better then extrinsic because to be intrinsic you have to be confidence about yourself push yourself to be motivated its natural energy as to extrinsic, you are motivated cause of other reason example your motivated cause mom or dad told you you have to or they'll buy you a car if your motivated to finish school. i also believe intrinsic motivation will get you a long way because sometime you won't have that extrinsic energy to motivate yourself as to intrinsic it come from your heart. To have extrinsic motivation i don't think it will work best because you are always looking for so reward and sometime you don't get a

As you may have heard, Mr. Swift has made a very modest proposal about what to do with the situation of starvation among adults. Mr. Swift has proposed that after a year of a child's birth, they be eaten if the family wishes. I, being a mother of a baby, currently, could not approve of this proposal more. Me and my husband together, concur, this will allow us to not go hungry, but also fulfill our wish to have another baby. We've always wanted more kids, but we only desire a baby. We don't want them after they have grown older. We already have an older son. Now, with this proposal, we won't go hungry and we can stay full for months on end and all I must do is push out a baby. No big deal.

When a person plans or wants to do something, he or she has a motivation for that specific thing. In other words, when a person does something, that person has a reason why he or she should do that thing. Not always there is a reason to do something, but sometimes may be many reasons that are backing a person to take those actions to do it. This happens not only to humans, or living organisms, but also in nonliving organisms. An example is when a rock which had bounced after it hit the floor while falling down. Scientists may tell some of the reasons why the rock does that kind of action, but they cannot tell all of the reasons that back the rock’s actions. A similar thing, as the scientists, was Alfie Kohn trying to do in his essay, “Why

Intrinsic motivation is a key aspect of student success in school. Van den Broeck, Vansteenkiste, and De Witte (2013) define intrinsic motivation as, “the engagement in an activity for its own sake, that is, for the satisfaction and enjoyment experienced during the course of the activity itself” (p. 4). Educators encourage intrinsic motivation within their students as it boosts

Extrinsic motivation it is the motivation brought about by what a person is getting from a certain task, rather than interest in the task. An example of extrinsic motivation is when a student who is not particularly interested in math works hard in order to attain a good grade, and in a working person’s life, it could be working on a task that is not necessarily interesting to him/her, but that is giving a good amount of financial reward. A good example of intrinsic motivation is working as a volunteer in a children’s home because taking care of children is of personal interest and satisfaction, to the person, despite getting no reward.

This is considered intrinsic motivation since the students are going to want to perform better, so they can better themselves for the future. Or the teacher can tell the students that if they don’t work hard or do their work, they will get a bad grade. This is an example of extrinsic motivation because the students will actually do their work so they won’t receive a bad grade. The teacher can encourage productivity by telling the students that by working hard now, will pay off when they are adults. This is an example of achievement motivation because the students will want to accomplish something for the future. A student can use self-fulfilling prophecy by believing they will do well in school. They believe they are going to do well, so in turn they do well in school. The teacher can use theory X, by assuming the students are bad. Because of this she will reward them when they complete something. Ultimately, theory Y tells us that the teacher believes the students are good and because of this the students will collaborate more with the

The success of any business depends on the productivity and satisfaction of its employees. Employees need to be motivated to work. Motivation can be defined as the inner force that drives individuals to accomplish personal and organizational goals. Motivation can be either intrinsic or extrinsic. For an individual to be motivated in a work situation there must be a need, which the individual would have to perceive a possibility of satisfying through some reward. Intrinsic motivation stems from motivations that are inherent and arise from performing the task of the job itself, which the individual gets a feeling of either positive or negative motivation as a result of

Throughout a person's life, he or she may experience challenges that he or she may not want to attempt. However, he or she may end up taking a go at the incident. The factor that drives him or her to complete the task is known as motivation. There are two main types of motivation: intrinsic and extrinsic. Based on what I have read in "Extrinsic vs. Intrinsic Motivation: What's the Difference?" by Kendra Cherry, I believe that I am driven by both intrinsic and extrinsic motivators when completing different tasks, but I am better motivated through extrinsic factors.

teacher. Even young children can be taught skills by giving them choices to create the intrinsic

Intrinsic motivation comes from within and not from external forces. An extrinsic motivator can sometimes detract someone from something they enjoy. An example of this is someone loves their job and it brings them great enjoyment, but then a reward is offered and the job seems more like work rather than an enjoyable activity. Studies have been done where a child plays with a toy because they like it, but when the child earns praise for playing with the toy they become disinterested in the toy. These shows that extrinsic can actually be a detractor when intrinsic motivation is already enforced. I have personally seen overtime that intrinsic motivation keeps someone in their career longer then extrinsic motivation. If you enjoy your work you

Thank you for writing such and intriguing piece on the two motivations we studied this week. I had not thought in the same direction you had on extrinsic and intrinsic motivation and it was nice to see a very different take. I do have to agree with you that motivation is better than control over a classroom. In our textbook Kingdom Living In Your Classroom (2008, pg 110) “Teachers who catch the vision to motivate each student in their classroom find that it revolutionizes their teaching—especially if they were previously bound by the control mind-set.” This way of thinking has taken me a few years to learn, as I am a very tough person when it comes to classroom management. However, working in motivated not controlled classrooms the last few

“The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise; it is not that we seize them, but they seize us” (Montague). Happiness is an essential part of everyday life, whether intentional or unintentional, society is constantly striving for extrinsic happiness, as a result, society is left feeling unfulfilled and lacking intrinsic happiness. Due to the impact of social institutions and society’s unintentional desire to make others happy, society is ignoring the pursuit of intrinsic happiness and resulting to the abuse of their bodies as a way to cope with their stress. Society’s pursuit of extrinsic motivators is fuelled by many factors, among them, societal institutions and corporations.

Leaders who rely on extrinsic motivators are consumed by how they are viewed by others and seek superficial rewards. Extrinsic motivators include wealth accumulation, power, titles, elevated social status, and prestige (George, 2015). On the other hand, leaders who pursue intrinsic motivators more self-aware and seek profound rewards that go beyond the surface of superficiality. Intrinsic motivators may include personal growth, helping other people, taking on social causes, creating great products or services, and making a difference in the world through your efforts (George, 2015).

     Intrinsic motivation can be defined as “motivation associated with activities that are their own reward” (Perry 2003). It is motivation that stems from your inner feelings and views which feed your desires to accomplish and perform. Oppositely, extrinsic motivation is “motivation created by external factors such as rewards and punishments” (Perry 2003). When you are extrinsically motivated, you are only performing the task for what you will gain from completion. On the other hand, when we are intrinsically motivated, there is no requirement for external rewards or punishments