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This chapter covers what intrinsic and extrinsic motivations are and how they work. Experience is what teaches us that there are two ways to enjoy an activity. Intrinsic motivation is the inherent propensity to engage ones interests and to exercise ones capacities and in doing so, to seek out and master optimal challenges. Extrinsic motivation arises from environmental incentives and consequences, such as food, money, praise, attention, stickers, gold starts, privileges, tokens, approval, and many other things.
There were many different interesting things I found in this chapter. The most intriguing one was how punishers and reinforcers act in the way behavior works. Reinforcers are any environmental stimulus that, when presented, increases the future probability of the desired behavior. Punishers are any environmental stimulus that, when presented, decreases the future probability of the undesired behaviors. For example, when getting an A on my last exam my mom praised me and took me to dinner. This motivates me to want to continue getting the good grades.
Pay can not always be the best thing in intrinsic motivation. Intrinsic motivation comes out of a persons interest or for the fun of it, so pay can complicate things but still be possible. If a person really enjoys something why wouldn't they like it when money is included in the opportunity? This is why people need to chose jobs that they will love and keep them going! It wont be worth it in the long run if you are doing a job just for the pay.
There are many different intrinsic activities I like to do. I was intrinsically motivated to attend my old job because I loved doing people's make up and making people feel good about themselves. This class is an intrinsic motivator for me because I find it comparably fun to my other classes. I am extrinsically motivated to work out... I don't enjoy it very much and hate getting the initiative to go but I want the long term results.
I realize that school, work, and everything I do can be based on these two points. I'm doing a good job with picking a major I enjoy and love but need to figure out what will make me happy in the future for my carrier. Money isn't everything and that shouldn't be what drives me back and forth to work on a daily bases.

Chapter 5 was about intrinsic and extrinsic motivations and how they differ. Being intrinsically motivated means that you are doing something out of interest to yourself. It has no reason outside of the feelings of autonomy, competence, and relation to others and it is a spontaneous behavior. Nurturing intrinsically motivated behaviors has many benefits. First benefit is persistence. The higher the intrinsic motivation the greater the persistence and thus more likely to stay with a behavior. Another benefit is creativity which is best described using the Principle of Creativity: “People will be most creative when they feel motivated primarily by the interest, enjoyment, satisfaction, and challenge of the work itself- rather than by external pressures”. When people are intrinsically motivated to learn, they are about to integrate the information in a conceptual way that helps the information stay with them. Pursuing goals that are intrinsically motivated leads to a all over better well-being including higher self-esteem and greater self-actualization. Extrinsic motivation is based around environmental incentives and consequences. This means behavior motivated by rewards, money, prizes and etc. An incentive is something that either attracts or repeals a person to or from a behavior. Through this, our goal-directed behavior is shaped. Incentives, however, are different from consequences and the two types of consequences are reinforcers and punishment. The chapter mentions reinforcers which are any extrinsic motivation that increases an action. A positive reinforcer is a stimulus that , when presented, increases the probability that the reinforced behavior will be repeated. A negative reinforcer is a stimulus, when removed, increases the probability that the reinforced behavior will be repeated. A punisher is a stimulus when presented decreases the desire to do such behavior again. An extrinsic reward is anything offered to someone in exchange or a certain behavior and/or service. The difference between a reward and a positive reinforcer is that all positive reinforcers are rewards but not all rewards are positive reinforcers. It does appear that rewards do work as a way of getting a desired behavior, but punishers are not. Research shows that punishment actually creates more negative side effects! When it comes to mixing and matching these terms, we find that when people are offered an extrinsic reward for an intrinsic activity, it undermines the interest in the behavior as well as these rewards having a negative affect on learning. If someone is constantly rewarded for everything they do then they do not develop a motivation to do things when there is no reward. However, the best rewards, the ones the work the best, are verbal praise and they are unexpected. The rest of the chapter goes further into extrinsic motivation and the four categories of it: external regulation, introjected regulation, identified regulation and integrated regulation. It also talks about how in order to motivate people into uninteresting activities one should explain why the activities is worth doing, regardless of the fact that it sucks.
I believe it is possible to be intrinsically motivated and still get paid for is as long as there are no deadlines and no one else prying into the business of the creator. For instance, if a person was told asked to write a book but wasn't given a time line or any real regulation, a person has the freedom to make it their own and thus freedom from external events.
I am intrinsically motivated to read, write and listen to music. I do all of these things because they interest me. However, pretty much everything else in my life is extrinsic. I have to find some external motivation to clean my room, do my chores and get up every morning for work.
The information in this chapter will help me with school and career motivation by encouraging me to do something I love. That way even if it becomes slightly undermined its still way more likely to make me happy than something I am only slightly interested in.

Chapter five focuses a lot on intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. Intrinsic motivation is stemmed from inside a person from their wants and needs, and extrinsic motivation comes from outside sources, rewards, and punishments. Intrinsic motivation is good because with it comes persistence, creativity, understanding, learning, and well-being. Extrinsic motivation comes in different forms. Incentives are prizes that make a person want to do the behavior for the prize. Reinforcers are events that increase behavior and make it continue. Positive reinforcers are environmental stimuluses that increase the probability of a desired behavior, and negative reinforvers are environmental stimuluses that decrease the probability of an undesired behavior. Punishment is also extrinsic as it punishes a person somehow to stop with whatever behavior it is that is unacceptable.

The most surprising thing I learned is that intrinsic motivation is better than extrinsic because the behavior is more likely to continue because the person actually wants to do that behavior on his or her own, but with an extrinsic motivator, the person may not continue the behavior once the reward or incentive stops.

I think it is very possible to be intrinsically motivated and get paid. Many people work in jobs that they absolutely love doing, and as a bonus get paid for it. An example of this is athletes. They love playing sports for fun, but when they do it for a job intrinsically, they also get paid for it.

I am intrinsically motivated to go to school because I want to be successful in life. This is one of my goals. I am extrinsically motivated at work because I don’t really like my job much, but I really need money.

This chapter helped me realize how important it is to be intrinsically motivated and like doing what I do. I want to make sure I get a job where I am motivated on my own to go because I enjoy it, and then as a bonus get paid for it as well.

This chapter discussed one of the major divisions in motivation, extrinsic vs. Intrinsic motivational states. Intrinsic motivation occurs when you master challenges based on interests. Extrinsic motivation is a result of external influences, typically including either rewards or punishments. A lot of motivation arises from extrinsic motivation, but scheduled rewards or punishments can also inhibit motivation when things become expected.
Extrinsic and intrinsic motivation don't exist as well together because as rewards or punishments increase, the intrinsic motivation decreases and extrinsic motivation increases. Therefore, it is a little more challenging to be paid and still be intrinsically motivated as rare situations allow someone to be intrinsically motivated while receiving external rewards or punishments.
I found the examples of extrinsic and intrinsic motivation in relation to learning fairly interesting. Learning material in order to take a test and get a certain grade is not ideal for actual learning. However, when someone learns something because of interest or to better themselves, a good system of learning is taking place. Unfortunately, with the focus on getting the grade rather than learning for your own benefit, extrinsic motivation will usually reign over intrinsic motivation in education.
I am intrinsically motivated to participate in student organizations as they pertain to personal interests, and are something I enjoy doing without receiving extrinsic rewards or punishments. I am extrinsically motivated to work as a student employee because I work to reduce debt in college and to have some spending money for myself.
For future success in life and my career, I can't focus too much on the the extrinsic rewards like money or else motivation over a long period of time will not sustain. A career that pertains to my interests will ultimately be the best way to continue motivation, as there would be high levels of intrinsic motivation present. Although large sums of money seem extremely motivating right now, those large sums of money won't provide continued motivation down the road if you don't seem to enjoy what you are doing.

This chapter was about intrinsic and extrinsic motivation and how punishment and reinforcement influence our intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. We are intrinsically motivated to engage in activities that we are interested in and enjoy doing. We do not need to get paid or receive other types of reinforcement in order to get us to do enjoyable activities. Activities that we are intrinsically motivated to do satisfy our psychological needs and allow us to feel autonomy, competence, and relatedness. This is why we are motivated to engage in it without any other rewards. People that have intrinsic motivation for a certain task will be more persistent on that task, because they care about it. They will also experience more creativity and high quality learning with that task. This leads to better optimal functioning and well being. Extrinsic motivation involves an environmentally created reason to engage in an activity, such as incentives or consequences. This is more of a what can I get out of it mentality. Incentives, consequences, and rewards regulate external motivation. Incentives are an environmental event that attracts or repels a person toward or away from performing a certain behavior, such as the presence of friends in a situation. The two types of consequences are reinforcers and punishers, and reinforcers can be either positive or negative. A reward is any offering from one person given to another person in exchange for their service. This is different than a reinforcer, however, because not all rewards can be used as a positive reinforcers, because not all rewards increase behavior. A drawback of rewards is that they influence our extrinsic motivation, and therefore decrease intrinsic motivation. It also interferes with learning and we have less of an ability to self regulate our behavior. Research shows that punishment in not an effective motivational strategy because it has side effects, which include negative emotions, an impaired relationship with the person giving the punishment, and it teaches kids negative ways to cope with undesirable behaviors. There are benefits to using incentives, consequences, and rewards because when there is no intrinsic motivation to be underminded, which is the case with uninteresting tasks, rewards can make uninteresting tasks worth doing. However, there are reasons not to use extrinsic motivation since it does undermine intrinsic motivation and interferes with the process of learning.
I think it is very possible to be intrinsically motived and still paid because if the career we choose is something we are passionate about and love doing, then getting paid for something we are intrinsically motivated to do is exactly what will happen. I am intrinsically motivated to run six days a week because it makes me feel good about myself, and I enjoy it. I am also intrinsically motivated to do one of my jobs, coaching 8th grade girls basketball, because it is fun, but extrinsically motivated to do my other job, work at a golf course, because it is boring but I want the money. From this chapter, I realized that I need to make sure the career I am pursuing is something I am passionate about and want to do the rest of my life, because if it is not, then I will not perform it to the best of my abilities.

Chapter 5 discussed what intrinsic and extrinsic motivators are and the aspects that go along with those motivators. Intrinsic motivation emerges freely from psychological needs and engages ones interests in the task at hand. When people are intrinsically motivated they do things “for the fun of it” for the sense of challenge, without a reward expected. Feeling of autonomy (feeling free), competence (effectiveness), and relatedness (social connection) are often associated with intrinsic motivation. The benefits that accompany intrinsic motivation are persistence, creativity, conceptual understanding/higher quality of learning, and optimal functioning and well-being.
Extrinsic motivation comes from the environment in forms of incentives and consequences like food, money, praise, attention, gold stars etc. Extrinsic motivation follows the “do this and get that” attitude or the “what’s in it for me” type of motivation. The concepts that revolve around extrinsic motivation are incentives, consequences, and rewards. Incentives are environmental events that attract or deter a person toward or away from something. Consequences deal with positive or negative reinforces and punishers. A positive reinforcer is an environmental event that when presented increases the likelihood of that behavior. A negative reinforcer is any environmental event that when presented increases the likelihood of that behavior. A positive reinforcer would be money and a negative reinforcer would be an alarm clock sounding. A punisher would be an environmental event that when presented would decrease the likelihood of that behavior. A punisher could be a speeding ticket. A reward is a contribution from one person to the other in exchange for a service or achievement.
Extrinsic events do come with hidden costs of reward, meaning that although they can have positive outcomes they can also have negative outcomes. When rewards are expected and tangible, they undermine intrinsic motivation by decreasing autonomy, effecting the learning process, and can undermine the individual’s development of their own self-regulation.
The Cognitive evaluation theory predicts the effect that any extrinsic event will have on motivation. It describes how extrinsic events effect intrinsic motivation. For example is someone where reading a book because they loved to read and now you offer them money in exchange for reading, it takes away the intrinsic motivation and increases the extrinsic motivation.
The self-determination theory looks at the intrinsic and extrinsic motivation distinction as a continuum of types of motivation. These types being external regulation (obtain reward), introjected regulation (avoid guilt/boost self-esteem), identified regulation (Important) and integrated regulation (Values). The more a person has these things the better the functioning on performance, social development, and psychological well-being. The challenge lies in motivating someone to do something that is not interesting and without engaging in extrinsic motivators. By providing an explanation of why that uninteresting activity is important or useful and by promoting identified regulation you can build interest.
I did not realize the extent to which extrinsic motivators can have negative effects. I knew they were not good to engage in, but did not realize the extent. Especially when you look at positive and negative reinforcers and punishers and how they can be ineffective or not get the desired outcome. Maybe you thought your punishment was effective, but it clearly wasn’t if the undesired behavior continues.
I think it is possible to be intrinsically motivated and still get paid. If you love your job and would be doing it regardless of a pay increase or not, then I think you are doing it because you love it and enjoy it.
I am intrinsically motivated to play sports, read, and play trivia games. For example, I love to play racquetball not because it is a good workout/exercise and I am always drenched in sweat when I am done, but because I just have fun doing it and enjoy the challenge. I am extrinsically motivated to do my chores, clean, laundry, for the sake that they are done, but I do not enjoy them!
The information in this chapter is very helpful in terms of motivating others to do things. I am a grad student majoring in health education and I currently work as a health educator. Motivating people to be healthy can be very difficult because there is all kind of barriers to health maintenance. If I can find positive and negative reinforcers to present to people it may help me in my career.

Chapter 5 gave me a great insight on what things i actually enjoy doing for myself and what things i enjoy, but maybe enjoy due to outside factors. The whole chapter discussed intrinsic motivations and extrinsic motivations. As you may have guess, intrinsic motivations are things you do out of pure personal interest. For me, i am motivated to join the club on campus called "Active Minds" because it is very important to me and i enjoy spreading the word about mental illnesses. Extrinsic motivations arise from outside stimuli. Many college kids are motivated extrinsically, to go out and celebrate a friend's birthday on a night they would have rather stayed in, if it was just them making the decisions. The book then goes on to describe punishments and rewards. A punishment is anything that provides negative feedback and therefore, ultimately, ending a behavior. For instance, when my cats are on the table, we spray them with a water bottle. They are being punished and soon enough they will stop jumping on the table, hopefully. :) Rewards are anything that provide positive feedback, ultimately reinforcing the behavior. My parents have always rewarded me with money for good grades and this motivated me to keep studying so that they will continue to be proud of me. :)
Many people believe that you can not get paid while doing something for true intrinsic reasons. This always reminds me of professional sports players. They are envied by the whole world for getting paid way too much money for doing something they supposedly love. In this particular case, i feel as though most professional athletes are playing their sport for reasons outside of themselves, i.e. money, fame, and lack of other resources. However, i do believe that there are some players that truly, deeply, love the sport they play. Of course, this debate has a wide spread sunject field. But generally, i feel as though, just like pro athletes, that most of the population acts on extrinsic motivations, while just a few, the happiest few, act on intrsinic motivation. I think i have done a good job acting on intrinsic motivations being that i picked a major i love in pursuit for a job i know i'd love.

Chapter 5 focused on the differences between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, as well as what can influence each and how they affect each other. Intrinsic motivation is what's behind our motivations when we do something 'just for the fun of it'. The things we choose to challenge and excite us because we want to do them just because. Extrinsic motivations are what is left, our motivation behind taking a bad job that pays well or being friends with someone because you want to date their brother. It's the stuff we do because we want the reward, the payoff, from doing it.
I was surprised by the section explaining how extrinsic motivations can actually hurt one's intrinsic motivation. It makes sense, I was mainly interested in how the book addressed and explained it. It makes sense that doing something because you love it might be interfered with if someone offers and extrinsic reason to keep doing it. The fact that motivation (intrinsic and extrinsic) might not add together as a sum in nevertheless disappointing!
I think you can find a way to be intrinsically motivated and still have well-paid job, you might just have to search the job market to find a variety of jobs you might enjoy. Rather than just picking one you would definitely like, you could evaluate what you would like about that job and try and find something related in some way but would pay better.
One example that is obvious in my mind about both intrinsic and extrinsic motivation is exercising to stay fit. The chart from the earlier chapter listed both extrinsic and intrinsic reasons for wanted to exercise. One could want to be fit for their health and the challenge of staying healthy, AND they could do it because their health insurance rates would be lower and they family would stop pressuring them to lose weight. Another example might be a desire to have good grades in school, or do well at a job.
This chapter makes me realize that one should be aware of both their intrinsic and extrinsic motivations and be honest with oneself about which plays a bigger role. If you can be aware of what motivates you (the many varied factors, not just one) you can see if and when your motivations might change and help yourself stay motivated in different ways.

This chapter discussed how a person is influenced by intrinsic and extrinsic motivations. Intrinsic motivations are the motivation that is driven by the psychological needs of a person. This behavior uses ones interests and enjoyment to accomplish a task, and is completed through autonomy, competence, and relatedness. Extrinsic motivation is affected by the environments incentives and consequences. These motivations can include things such as gold stars, trophies, money, food, and countless other things. Extrinsic motivations are exerted through incentives, consequences, and rewards. Incentives are used before the behavior takes place. Consequences take place after the behavior takes effect through positive reinforcers and negative reinforcers in attempt to increase the desired behavior. Punishers on the other hand, are used to decrease the undesirable behavior. The third extrinsic motivation is rewards. Rewards are used to exchange one entity for another’s behavior. All three of these extrinsic behaviors have a great impact on young kids and should be used carefully.
I think it is possible to be intrinsically motivated and still be paid. Society survives through a person succeeding in their job, and the only way to really succeed is though enjoyment and a deep love for whatever one may be doing. If one is lucky enough, their job is what they love to do.
I am intrinsically motivated to read. I love to read and jump into a new book. I would read all the time if time allowed. I am also intrinsically motivated to do well in school. However, I am extrinsically motivated to write papers. I eventually finish them because I know my grade depends on the assignment, but procrastination plays a vital role in accomplishing them.
This chapter actually plays a vital role in my job. I work with kids after school and a lot of them struggle follow more rules and fulfilling requests after a long day. I use incentives, reinforcement, and punishments daily. This chapter gave great insight on how to build a better relationship with my students by using techniques that work better than others to accomplish a task.

This chapter discussed how a person is influenced by intrinsic and extrinsic motivations. Intrinsic motivations are the motivation that is driven by the psychological needs of a person. This behavior uses ones interests and enjoyment to accomplish a task, and is completed through autonomy, competence, and relatedness. Extrinsic motivation is affected by the environments incentives and consequences. These motivations can include things such as gold stars, trophies, money, food, and countless other things. Extrinsic motivations are exerted through incentives, consequences, and rewards. Incentives are used before the behavior takes place. Consequences take place after the behavior takes effect through positive reinforcers and negative reinforcers in attempt to increase the desired behavior. Punishers on the other hand, are used to decrease the undesirable behavior. The third extrinsic motivation is rewards. Rewards are used to exchange one entity for another’s behavior. All three of these extrinsic behaviors have a great impact on young kids and should be used carefully.
I think it is possible to be intrinsically motivated and still be paid. Society survives through a person succeeding in their job, and the only way to really succeed is though enjoyment and a deep love for whatever one may be doing. If one is lucky enough, their job is what they love to do.
I am intrinsically motivated to read. I love to read and jump into a new book. I would read all the time if time allowed. I am also intrinsically motivated to do well in school. However, I am extrinsically motivated to write papers. I eventually finish them because I know my grade depends on the assignment, but procrastination plays a vital role in accomplishing them.
This chapter actually plays a vital role in my job. I work with kids after school and a lot of them struggle follow more rules and fulfilling requests after a long day. I use incentives, reinforcement, and punishments daily. This chapter gave great insight on how to build a better relationship with my students by using techniques that work better than others to accomplish a task.

Chapter five was about intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. Chapter five also incorporated many behavioral modification concepts including positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, positive punishment, negative punishment, rewards, incentives, and hidden costs. Intrinsic motivation develops because of personal psychological needs. Examples of intrinsic motivation are doing things because they are fun, interesting, and allow for a challenge. Intrinsic motivation allows a person to develop autonomy, competence, and relatedness. Extrinsic motivation occurs because of environmental incentives and consequences. Examples of an extrinsic motivators are money, tokens, approval, candy, extra credit etc. We do something in order to get something. It is possible to be intrinsically motivated and still receive a reward/incentive. For example, a person could still be intrinsically motivated to paint and receive money for their paintings. However, extrinsic motivation does decrease intrinsic motivation and will effect future intrinsic motivation (Hidden Cost). It’s better to do things for pure enjoyment rather than doing things only because you know you will be rewarded. I am personally intrinsically motivated to play tennis, I get a lot of enjoyment from playing tennis. However, I noticed that when my dad used money as an extrinsic motivator to get me to practice every night instead of going out with friends, tennis wasn’t as enjoyable anymore. Another example of a personal intrinsic motivator is reading. However, now that school has started again and I have to read to pass a class, reading isn’t as enjoyable.

Reinforcement and punishment were two other topics that were important to chapter five. A reinforcer is an extrinsic even that increases behavior. There are two types of reinforcement: positive reinforcement and negative reinforcement. Positive reinforcement is when you add something to increase a behavior. An example of positive reinforcement is if a mother allows her child to have extra T.V. time if they clean their room. The mother added the extra T.V. time which will increase the frequency and likelihood that the child will continue cleaning their room. Negative reinforcement is when something is subtracted to increase the frequency of a behavior. An example of negative reinforcement is if an individual has a painful tooth and goes to the dentist and has the painful tooth removed. The dentist is increasing the likelihood that the individual will continue to go to the dentist. Punishment decreases the frequency of a behavior. The two types of punishment are positive punishment and negative punishment. An example or positive punishment is spanking a child for throwing a tantrum. An example of negative punishment would be when a mother takes away T.V. time for her child when they didn’t clean their room. The thing that I found most interesting in the chapter was the fact that punishment isn’t as effective as reinforcement. I found the fact interesting because punishment is so widely used in our society and if it’s not effective, then why are we still using it? Rewards and incentives were also discussed in the chapter. Incentives are environmental events that attract or repel a person toward or away from an action. Incentives take place before the behavior. Rewards are described in the chapter as an offer given to a person in exchange for a service or achievement. However, not all rewards increase a behavior.

The chapter will influence my future school and career success because I now know how to regulate others behaviors. I now have the knowledge to get other to do what I want. I now understand the importance of developing intrinsic motivation and I hope to now search for more activities that I find to be intrinsically motivating. I will also remember that punishment isn’t as effective as reinforcement. So, if I ever want to change someone’s behavior I will use differential reinforcement instead of punishment.

Chapter 5 is about intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. Intrinsic motivation is when you are doing something because you are interested in it and enjoy it. For instance, some people like to read just for fun. Intrinsic motivation brings psychological need and satisfaction such as autonomy, competence and relatedness. There are many benefits of this type of motivation: creativity, high quality learning, well being , and persistence which is the key to success because that mean that the person really try to do something to achieve his/her goal. In turn, extrinsic motivation is environmentally created reason to engage in action. Thus, the person does something because there are some benefits of doing this, like rewards.
Another thing that the author talks in chapter five is punishment. Does it really work? Research shows that it does not work, it is ineffective motivational strategy. There are some side effects like negative emotionality, imparied relationship, and negative modeling.
It is possible to be intrinsically motivated yet still be paid. For instance, having a job that you love, like you enjoy what you do. And I am extrinsingly motivated to go to school, take some classes that I think are not necessary, but I know that if that will help in my future, like get a better job or reach some of my goals I will go to school and do it even though I do not enjoy. Also, I think do sport is both intrinsically and extrinsically for me. First of all I love to do it and I enjoy it every day, yet at the same time I know that by doing this I can make my future better or even now, to be paid for doing this. How do I think about motivation according to school and carrer after reading this chapter? I will definately try to find a job that I will love because then I will be intristincally motivated to do it, not just thinking that I have to do it to get money.

This chapter describes the two categories of motivation sources—intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. Intrinsic motivation is the propensity for one to do something for the reason of it being fun, enjoyable, interesting, etc. Extrinsic motivation involves an environmental stimulus (incentives and consequences) that motivates a person to do something in order to get the incentive or avoid the consequence. Intrinsic motivation is what we should strive for when self-motivating, as well as trying to motivate others.

I found it interesting in this chapter, as well as in our class discussion, when we talked about which forms of motivation are most effective (short- and long-term) and which are not effective at all. I was also surprised to learn about all of the many unintended consequences of each motivational type—especially the consequences from spanking! I was a pretty good kid growing up, but I admit, I was spanked a few times when my behavior was out of line (in my parents’ perspective). I don’t believe I am more aggressive or antisocial (of have any of the other long-term effects) because I was spanked. Perhaps there is a minimum number of times being spanked that begins the production of the long-term side effects and I was just fortunate to be spanked under that minimum number…I do understand how important it is to explain rationale behind doing something when modeling behavior for and “motivating”/manipulating a child. I feel like I have already learned a lot about parenting in this class and am excited to learn more! I don’t have any younger brothers and sisters and so didn’t get to experience the manipulation tactics of an older sibling.

I was hoping to get a chance to ask a question at the end of the lecture in class today about the possibility of being intrinsically motivated yet still being paid—what the research says—but in my opinion I think you can. I think the initial amount of intrinsic motivation decreases some, especially if you aren’t doing any of the actions just because you enjoy it anymore. For example, if a person loves to design clothes and is intrinsically motivated to do so, I think that as long as they are still doing some of the work just for themselves, or others (with no payment motivation), I think they can still have intrinsic motivation. It would definitely be hard, but as long as the clothes designer is still doing some just for his/her own enjoyment, I think it is possible to be intrinsically motivated yet still be paid.

I am intrinsically motivated to read non-textbooks. I used to not like reading when I was younger because I was slow at it compared to my lightning-fast older sister. As I developed my reading and comprehensive skills over the years and was highly successful at those sections on those irritating basic skills tests, my competence in my reading ability grew and I got more intrinsic motivation from it. I also enjoy watching movies and old episodes of some of my favorite shows (including Grey’s Anatomy, NCIS, and Bones). Even though I have previously seen the episodes, I still enjoy relaxing and getting immersed into the action and story lines (as is the same when I read great books). I am extrinsically motivated to run. When I am in good shape I love getting that runner’s high, or the endorphin release after a good workout. I also like how healthy and fit my body is when I am consistent in working out. I feel like I have to pull my own teeth out sometimes to get myself to work out—mostly because I feel like I should be getting other stuff done, like homework.

I will definitely think more about what my motivations are behind my actions now. When I am in a situation where I don’t have any initial intrinsic motivation I will try to find reasons of how it could develop into becoming intrinsically motivating. I know that a lot of my motivators currently are extrinsic—because I am looking toward what I want in the future, but I am interested in seeing if that will ultimately let me be intrinsically motivated in my future career, or will I just continue to be extrinsically motivated because we, as a society, are so used to it? I hope it’s the former.

Chapter 5 discusses intrinsic and extrinsic motivations. Intrinsic motivation is when you want to do something of your own accord, without any tangible or concrete benefits to yourself, such as money, prizes, praise, etc. It’s something you do, because you enjoy doing it. For me, such a thing would be reading, helping a friend, or being involved in an organization. I love reading, I absolutely love helping people and being involved. Extrinsic motivation, on the other hand, would be the outside motivations such as money, praise or prizes of any variety. Some classifications of extrinsic motivators were positive and negative reinforcers and punisher, also, incentives, consequences and rewards.

I mentioned earlier what I was intrinsically motivated to do, which was reading, helping friends, and being involved. There are some times when I am extrinsically motivated to accomplish certain tasks or do certain things. An example of this is when I worked at Target. I absolutely loathed the job, but as a poor college student, an income was essential to get through the year. Another example would be cleaning the hallway or bathroom at my home. I cleaned so my mother would not yell at me, which would be a negative reinforcer.

In light of this, I do think it would be possible to be intrinsically motivated, but still receive pay or another form of extrinsic motivation. For example, last October I was looking to write for the Northern Iowan, the student newspaper, so I talked to the editor and went to some meetings. It wasn’t until after I had written a few articles that I was asked for my payment information. This shocked me, as I had planned on VOLUNTEERING to write for the paper, not get paid for it. Though, obviously, I wasn’t exactly opposed to getting paid. That being said, it’s a year later and I still sometimes am surprised to see the deposit into my bank account every two weeks. I write for the paper, because I enjoy it, not because I get paid. Therefore, I tend to forget it’s an actual job and not something I just do for fun.

Ideally, this chapter will remain in my memory for many years to come. Well, at least the knowledge and information contained in it. There were several instances in class during the lecture and while reading that I thought to myself I needed to remember that for raising my own kids (even typing that is a rather scary thought), and any future people under my supervision. I also may put some of the reinforcement/rewards aspects of the chapter into practice in various student organizations when trying to get students involved. It was also very interesting to hear that rewarding kids isn’t necessarily the best way to get them to learn. As a former (officially, still) education major, I tried to think of a way to put a stop to this. No clear option came to mind. But perhaps I’ll be intrinsically motivated to continue to find a solution to this problem…who knows.

Chapter 5 was about intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, except most of the chapter seemed to focus on extrinsic motivation. Intrinsic motivation occurs when the person is motivated because the behavior is fun to them. It appeals to them because they simply like it or satisfy their psychological needs of autonomy, competence, and relatedness. There are some benefits of intrinsic motivation such as persistence, creativity, conceptual understanding, high-quality learning, and optimal functioning and well-being. On the other hand, extrinsic motivation occurs when the person is motivated by outside sources, such as incentives, consequences, and rewards. There are some problems with extrinsic motivation in that they may undermine intrinsic motivation. Someone who does something because it is fun then gets offered a reward for doing it, will likely start to view that behavior as one that deserves a reward and they will lose intrinsic interest in the activity. They also interfere with the process of learning. When someone is offered a reward for doing something, they will most likely do it as quickly and shoddy as possible to simply get that reward. They are not internalizing the behavior and learning the material. They are more about memorizing facts if they are taking a test instead of understanding what it is talking about. More importantly, extrinsic motivators impair the individual’s autonomous self-regulation. They are being told what to do and how to do it and when the motivator is removed they will not have the intrinsic motivation to do it and will not be able to do these things on their own. The chapter goes on to discuss how we can combat these negative effects of extrinsic motivation. Extrinsic motivation can be a good thing if the goal is not just to control behavior but to inform the person that they are competent and doing a good job. If you can the latter with external events, they will internalize this and feel better about themselves and their work, therefore want to do the behavior/activity more next time. One extrinsic motivator that is a good example of this is praise. The book discusses how there are tangible extrinsic motivators such as money, trophies, stickers, etc., and there are ones like praise and information. The latter is the way to improve people’s behavior while retaining intrinsic motivation even if the behavior/activity is an uninteresting one.

I thought pretty much all of this information was interesting. I never thought about how there are different motivators before besides the basic rewards and praise. I definitely didn’t think of them in terms of intrinsic and extrinsic. I also didn’t realize there were so many different kinds of extrinsic motivation, such as the four types listed in the end of the chapter: external regulation, introjected regulation, identified regulation, and integrated regulation. I did find these somewhat confusing and had to read through them several times to get them straight. Having the names so similar makes it difficult to discern the differences. I did find it interesting though that I fit into most of those categories at the same time.

I think it is possible to be intrinsically motivated and still be paid. Take a job for example. Our book discusses how you can work and receive a paycheck, yet be praised verbally from your boss. As long as the praise and money is informative and not just controlling, you should be able to retain intrinsic motivation. Many people love what they do and are paid, yet they would still continue to do what they do even if they weren’t paid. This shows that when the extrinsic motivation is removed, the intrinsic motivation is still strong; therefore they can exist at the same time. It also depends on the strength of both kinds of motivation. If you have really strong intrinsic motivation and some extrinsic motivation (pay), your chances are better to retain that intrinsic motivation than if you have medial to low intrinsic motivation and some to high extrinsic motivation (pay). I, personally, also believe that the length of extrinsic motivation plays an important role on retaining intrinsic motivation. If you do your job for years and like it, but are paid pretty well, you get used to getting that pay. If after 20 years, you are fired or laid off, that pay stops and you may no longer feel the intrinsic motivation to continue pursuing a job in that field. To me this is a kind of satiation of extrinsic motivation which definitely affects your intrinsic motivation. It is all about balancing and if done right, the answer is yes, you can be intrinsically motivated and still be paid.

There are definitely several ways that I am both intrinsically and extrinsically motivated. Some examples of intrinsic are that I enjoy school and learning and therefore want to work hard to achieve my educational goals because I enjoy it. I also enjoy watching TV, so a lot of time, the intrinsic motivation of doing this will overpower my intrinsic and extrinsic motivation of doing homework. Along with this example is my example of extrinsic motivation. I am the person who procrastinates terribly. I am definitely often extrinsically motivated to do homework because I do not want to fail. I want to get A’s, praise, and achieve certain career goals that alter my behavior when I am uninterested. This is how I felt I fit in with most of the types of extrinsic motivation.

Well, this chapter definitely made me realize what kinds of motivation are altering/affecting my behavior/actions every day! I knew that I did things for external reasons, but I did not realize how much of our daily behavior was due to extrinsic motivators. I now realize that I need to change how I think about homework and studying. It explains why I have continually procrastinated so terribly. The thing I don’t get is that I do love school and learning, yet I still seem very uninterested in sitting down and reading chapters from books. As we discussed, it may be due to the fact that I used to be very intrinsically motivated to read, then was forced to read uninteresting things for school. It soured my intrinsic motivation to read and every time I had to read became a chore. I think something that will help me is to try to recapture my intrinsic motivation for reading and learning and quit thinking about it so much in terms of I have to get this read by such and such, etc. I think this chapter was quite helpful in my academic career.

Chapter 5 focuses on Intrinsic and Extrinsic motivation. Intrinsic motivation is one’s own inclination to engage one’s interests and to exercise and develop one’s capacities. In other words, it is one’s own desire to do what they are inherently interested in doing without any outside motivation. Intrinsic motivation arises from three main areas: autonomy, competence, and relatedness. It is the type of motivation that comes from satisfying one’s own psychological needs. The benefits of intrinsic motivation are persistence, creativity, conceptual understanding, and optimal functioning and well-being. On the other hand there is extrinsic motivation. This is an environmentally created reason to engage in an action or activity. In other words it’s a “what’s in it for me?” type of motivation. Forms of extrinsic motivation include incentives, consequences, reinforcers, punishers, and rewards.
The most surprising thing I learned was that rewards can be negative. I always thought of rewards as a positive thing, but when it comes to interfering with developing one’s intrinsic motivation it can be a bad thing. I also found it interesting how many different forms of extrinsic motivation there are. I knew of rewards, reinforcers, and punishers, but I was previously unaware of how incentives, consequences, praise and competition are extrinsic motivators as well.
I believe it is possible to be intrinsically motivated and still paid if you are working not for the pay but for the personal enjoyment of the work. When the pay is all that matters to you, the work is not intrinsic motivation. But when you are most interested in the work and could care less about how much you are being paid or if you are receiving a raise, this is when you are being intrinsically motivated.
An example of how I am both intrinsically and extrinsically motivated is my job. I am an RA in one of the dorms on campus. When I was originally hired, the free room and board was not what motivated to take the position. Rather it was the opportunity to meet new people and influence the lives of residents that really motivated me to take the position and do the job well. This is an example of intrinsic motivation. But now that I have started my second year in the position, I honestly am motivated more by the free room and board, especially when I find myself stressed with schoolwork and the job requirements. In this instance I am extrinsically motivated to keep the RA position.
This chapter will make me more aware when I continue my education about how motivated I am to pursue a career. If I find myself in graduate school not excited about classes or the subject material, and dreading working in the future, this is a sign that I am not intrinsically motivated to pursue a career in occupational therapy.

The most interesting thing that a learned in this chapter is how creativity is actually stifled by controlling events like being watched, evaluated, or rewarded. For many tasks, having someone do these things would likely help motivate you to do your best. But studies have shown that these things do not help with creativity. Intrinsic motivation is required for creativity to blossom.
It is possible to be intrinsically motivated and still be paid, as long as they are truly motivated by interest, enjoyment, or satisfaction of performing the work. But on days when someone does not feel like going into work but goes anyway so they don’t get fired, they are no longer intrinsically motivated. Also, research shows that if someone is intrinsically motivated to perform a task, adding a reward like money actually hurts their ability to be intrinsically motivated in the future.
I am extrinsically motivated most of the time. My motivation for going to class, work, the gym, the library is usually extrinsic. I find extrinsic motivation to do most of my daily activities. There are a few things that I am intrinsically motivated to do. One of those is reading books. I love to read just because i enjoy it, not because I need to do it to pass a test or study for a class.

Chapter 5 covered intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. Intrinsic motivation is when you engage in a behavior or activity for pure enjoyment or pleasure. When you are intrinsically motivated, you do things because you want to, not because you have to. This type of motivation is the most persistent and effective type of motivation a person could have. People who are intrinsically motivated tend to engage in an activity/behavior longer, are more creative in the activity, have a higher quality of learning or conceptual understanding, and have a better functioning and level of psychological well-being.
On the opposite side of the spectrum, extrinsic motivation is when you engage in a behavior or activity because of an external event or stimuli forces you to do so. These external stimuli or events can be in the forms of incentives or consequences. When you are extrinsically motivated, you do things because you have to, not because you want to. Extrinsic motivation is not the most robust form of motivation. If the incentive or consequence is not present, a person is not inclined to engage in the particular task.
There are 4 different types of extrinsic motivation: external regulation, introjected regulation, identified regulation, and integrated regulation. The main difference between these 4 types is the amount of autonomy or perceived locus of causality one feels in doing the task. External regulation is the least autonomous. A person who uses external regulation to motivate their behavior does so to obtain or avoid something. Introjected regulation's perceived locus of causality is somewhat external and a little more autonomous than external regulation. People who engage in a behavior using introjected regulation do so because they belief they should. In other words, they do so because of internal rewards in punishment (i.e., feeling good about yourself vs. feeling guilty for not doing it). Identified regulation has a somewhat internal perceived locus of causality. People who engage in an activity or behavior using identified regulation do so because the see the value or importance in doing it. The final type of extrinsic motivation and the most internalized is integrated regulation. People who use integrated regulation engage in an activity or behavior because it reflects their values. A good example of this would be somebody donating to a charity. Even though they may not exactly want to part with their hard, earned money, they do it anyway because they value or believe in being charitable or helping out those who are less fortunate.
Honestly, I found this entire chapter very interesting. There is so many uses I have for all the information provided in the chapter. The information about negative and positive reinforcers, punishments, rewards, incentives, etc is all very helpful for me as a parent. Additionally, with the career field that I am choosing, this information is incredibly useful to learn different ways that I can try to motivate others into accepting and valuing the rules that they need to follow. By understanding the different forms of extrinsic motivation (i.e. external, introjected,identified, and integrated regulation), I can develop different ways to approach clients to help or guide them towards a more positive or socially (and legally) accepted lifestyle.
I think that it is possible to be intrinsically motivated and still be paid. According to the cognitive evaluation theory, if the external event is given in an informational way it will increase intrinsic motivation and decrease extrinsic motivation. One way that money can be provided in a way that would be informational is giving an unexpected bonus or pay raise to somebody because their quality of work exceeded expectations. With it being unexpected, the quality of their work is not affected because the bonus or pay raise is not being used to force them to comply to certain standards. Rather, it is being used to give them positive feedback on the quality of work that they are doing. Thus, it is fulfilling their psychological need for perceived competence.
When my brothers and I were in grade school, my parents made the huge mistake of trying to motivate my brothers and I to do well in school by assigning a monetary reward for each letter grade above a C. When we reached junior high and high school, this monetary reward system was switched from each letter grade to a flat $20 rate for each time we made honor roll. This motivated me extrinsically to perform well while in school but not master the material. In turn, when I graduated high school and began my college career, I initially flunked out my freshman year. This is because I had no intrinsic motivation to go to class and do well (the monetary reward system had been stopped). Additionally, I quickly discovered that because I was focused strictly on performance rather than mastery of material, I missed out on obtaining critical studying and time management skills that I still struggle with today.
Furthermore, the initial reason for my parents incorporating this monetary system was because my brothers would not complete their homework and would not work hard at earning better grades. I,on the other hand, did not initially have that problem. I initially was intrinsically motivated to do well because I enjoyed learning. However, once I started being paid for grades, my motivation switched from intrinsic to extrinsic.
Now lets fast forward to today, my motivation to return to school and do well is still extrinsic to an extent. However, it is much more identified/integrated regulation. Because I was able to see how unsuccessful I was without a college degree, it motivated me to want to achieve one so that I could obtain a career that I enjoyed (identified regulation). Additionally, I started to integrate the external motivation of returning to school because I felt that it was reflective of my beliefs in a higher education and I wanted to model my beliefs to my children (integrated regulation).
Another form of intrinsic motivation that I have is genealogy. I love, love, love, researching my family history because I find enjoyment out of knowing the stories of my ancestors. To me, there is something truly amazing and inspiring to hear about the struggles and obstacles my ancestors had to overcome in order to succeed in life.
The information in this chapter will help me significantly in my career field. I want to become a probation/parole officer and part of my duties is to not only get clients to comply with the rules of their probation/parole but to also lower their recidivism rates by helping them with the issues that are leading to or contributing to their offenses. Motivation plays a major role in both aspects of the field. I have to motivate them to comply with the conditions of their probation/parole, and I also have to motivate them to take advantage of the referrals and advice I give them to help them tackle their underlying issues.
In terms of my career, forcing clients to comply with the conditions of their probation/parole is very externally motivated. Unfortunately, the system uses the imprisonment as a punisher for failing to comply. After reading this chapter, I can see how faulty this is in getting clients to internally adapt these rules and regulations as their own. Additionally, the chapter has also given me a lot of valuable insight as to how extrinsic and intrinsic motivation works and I was able to develop some different methods of how to help clients internalize the rules, regulations, and motivation to change.
All of this in itself is helping me to change my extrinsic motivation for taking this class (i.e., simply fulfilling a requirement of my major) to become more integrated to the point where I'm engaging in at least identified regulation of it (i.e, this class if valuable to me because the information I learn is needed for me to be successful in my career field).

I think overall what I found interesting about this chapter is the distinction between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation, not by definition necessarily, but in the sense of distinguishing people’s actions and how they are motivated. Are people doing something because they TRULY want to, or does it just seem like they have to? The chapter goes on to prove why intrinsic motivation is much better than extrinsic. Overall, their actions are will be more sincere, they will have better performance and learning, etc. It really got me to think about my actions and what are truly intrinsic versues just extrinsically motivated.
Yes, I absolutely think it is possible to be intrinsically motivated yet still be paid. This is why people always say “Do something you love for a career; then it feels like you aren’t going to work.” I am actually an example of that in a few of my positions I’ve had. For example, I was an RA last year, and throughout the year I forgot that I got paid to hang out with my residents, etc. Also, I was on the Summer Orientation Staff this past summer, and I woke up everyday with a smile on my face and excited to meet the day. There were several occasions I had to say to myself “I can’t believe I get paid to do something so rewarding and fun.” It’s jobs like this that I would have done regardless of the pay.
There are many examples of how I am intrinsically or extrinsically motivated every day. Since there are so many examples I could give, I will give an example of something I do that is fueled by both. Going back to my Orientation job, for example. I was intrinsically motivated to help new freshman. That is one of the best feelings one can have; knowing that you have put someone on the right track, and helped them out for the better. I had so much fun meeting new people everyday, that I would have done it for free. Extrinsically, however, it was still my job, so I was still motivated by the pay. I was also motivated to impress my boss and other university workers as well. These would be my incentives, as well as if I ever got a “good job” that would be my “reward.”
This chapter helps further the advice of “do something you love.” I want to be very adamant about making sure that I enjoy the job I am doing and that it is work that is fueled by more than just money or other reasons. I have seen first hand how much of a different that can make Even with my own dad, he works as an engineer for a local factory. He earns a pretty good annual salary, but he always comes home stressed. However, he and his brother have started a second business. It is an archery shop (bow and arrows), which is one of my dad’s favorite hobbies. Although he is doing more work now (because he still has his engineering job), he is much happier because he loves what he is doing at the archery shop.

This chapter gave basic information on intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. Intrinsic motivation is a type of motivation that occurs when someone is doing an activity they enjoy. This type of motivations focuses on a person seeking out opportunities to engage in behaviors in which they like. There is no payment or alternative motivates. Conversely, there is extrinsic motivation. This occurs when a person engages in a behavior or activity because they are getting some sort of a reward. This could be getting paid, better grades, or attention. Both of these types of motivation are powerful; however, people who engage in intrinsic motivation are more motivated. The most interesting thing I learned in this chapter was that extrinsic motivation can have “hidden costs of reward”. This was interesting because most times people assume that getting paid for something will increase the motivation behind the behavior. I believe it is possible to be paid and still be intrinsically motivated. For instance, a musician obviously loves to sing or play instruments. Because of their talent they will most likely get paid. I don’t think that this would cause them to be less interested in playing music. I am intrinsically motivated to scrapbook and play sports. However, I am extrinsically motivated to do well in school. Information from this chapter will help me to reorganize the way I think about certain behaviors and encourage myself to be intrinsically motivated versus extrinsically.