intrinsic+motivation

toc = = = = = Definition: = The desire to behave in a certain way because it is enjoyable or satisfying in and of itself. Gen Psych Chapter 9, pp. 284

Related to: Motivation, Motive

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 * A child swings on a swing-set because playing on the playground is fun.
 * Someone who teaches #|kids for fun, not to get paid.
 * I work with my dad on his rental houses to clean them up after people who live there leave it trashed and beyond disgusting. I do it because I enjoy seeing something so nasty become that much cleaner and nicer, and not to mention liveable again.
 * I split the extrinsic and intrinsic motivation pages even though I feel confident that I have a high enough grade to not need the participation points from editing, and furthermore even though I am taking Human Growth and Development instead of #|General Psychology.
 * Many superheroes in fiction are typically motivated by the satisfaction of their accomplishment. (made the world a better place, do not care about the reputation and turns down the rewards)

__Accomplishments__: The intrinsic motivation of feeling accomplished can be fullfilled in almost any position, assuming the individual values the action performed on a personal level. Moral values spur intrinsic motivation. __Recognition__: An intrinsic motivation would be that the person feels they are a more valuable individual because of their standards that motivated them to do the task at hand. __Knowledge__: The pursuit of knowledge is typically potrayed in the form of an intrinsic motivation. Many people who love psychology may take it year after year after, while in school to know more about the subject and see why people do what they do. --Not with regard that the class may be required and that they thus would need to pass in order to accomplish the next level.

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