Extrinsic+Motivation

toc = = = = = = = = = = = Definition: = The desire to behave in a certain way in order to gain some external reward or to avoid some undesirable consequences. Gen Psych, Chapter 9, Pg. 284

Related to: Motivation, Motive

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 * A teenager does a chore to get allowance
 * A child wants to be in bed on time so that she doesn't get in trouble.
 * People are polite because they believe in karma. (And thus, they both get punished for bad and rewarded for good.)
 * Lending money with interest makes money for the lender.
 * Adventurers in pen and paper or video games will complete quests because it means 'experience point' rewards, money rewards, and key items or unlocked content. Stereotypically they do not care about that the moral motivation given in the quest dialogue.

__Accomplishments__: The extrinsic motivation of feeling accomplished can be fullfilled by reward or avoiding penalty. An achievement system in a video game rewards the individual with external recognition and awe of the accomplishment, rather than the accomplishment being appreciated because it made the individual feel capable. Compensation and pay-raises can be symbolized as signaling the accomplishment. __Recognition__: An extrinsic motivation would be that the person is a valuable individual and thus climbing in social status, or that they are getting payed regularly. __Knowledge__: The pursuit of knowledge is typically potrayed in the form of an intrinsic motivation, but the reasoning given instead depicts an extrensic motivation. Knowledge is used to be able to access things that in turn reward, and thus knowledge is used as a stepping stone as a part of a broader effort of satisfying extrinsic motivation.

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