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| Motivation: Motivation is the driving force behind the actions of a person. It is what energizes and compels the person to take action. Motivation can be intrinsic or extrinsic. See also Motives, Causation, Actions, Interest, Action theory._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Psychological Theories on Motivation - Dictionary of Arguments
Corr I 446 Motivation/psychological theories/Deci/Ryan: Many early studies examined the effects of other external events on intrinsic motivation. The studies have indicated, for example, that intrinsic motivation was also undermined by imposed goals (Mossholder 1980)(1), surveillance (Lepper and Greene 1975(2); Plant and Ryan 1985(3)), deadlines (Amabile, DeJong and Lepper 1976)(4), competition (Deci, Betley, Kahle et al. 1981(5)), and evaluations, even if they led to positive feedback (Smith 1975)(6). All of these external events are ones frequently used as ‘motivators’ to get people to do things they might otherwise not do, and thus people come to experience them as controls. >Motivation/Deci/Ryan, >Regulation/Deci/Ryan, >Self-Determination Theory/Deci/Ryan. 1. Mossholder, K. W. 1980. Effects of externally mediated goal setting on intrinsic motivation: a laboratory experiment, Journal of Applied Psychology 65: 202–10 2. Lepper, M. R. and Greene, D. 1975. Turning play into work: effects of adult surveillance and extrinsic rewards on children’s intrinsic motivation, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 31: 479–86 3. Plant, R. and Ryan, R. M. 1985. Intrinsic motivation and the effects of self-consciousness, self-awareness, and ego-involvement: an investigation of internally controlling styles, Journal of Personality 53: 435–49 4. Amabile, T. M., DeJong, W. and Lepper, M. 1976. Effects of externally imposed deadlines on subsequent intrinsic motivation, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 34: 92–8 5. Deci, E. L., Betley, G., Kahle, J., Abrams, L. and Porac, J. 1981. When trying to win: competition and intrinsic motivation, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 7: 79–83 6. Smith, W. E. 1975. The effect of anticipated vs. unanticipated social reward on subsequent intrinsic motivation. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Cornell University Edward L. Deci and Richard M. Ryan, „Self-determination theory: a consideration of human motivational universals“, in: Corr, Ph. J. & Matthews, G. (eds.) 2009. The Cambridge handbook of Personality Psychology. New York: Cambridge University Press_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Psychological Theories Corr I Philip J. Corr Gerald Matthews The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Psychology New York 2009 Corr II Philip J. Corr (Ed.) Personality and Individual Differences - Revisiting the classical studies Singapore, Washington DC, Melbourne 2018 |
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