What are intrinsic and extrinsic motivations?
Intrinsic motivation is used to describe motivation in which the person is interested in or enjoys what he or she is doing and there is no reward, except the activity itself. In contrast, extrinsic motivation occurs when individuals look for rewards for completing task(Cameron, Pierce p.12). In addition,”typically, students who are intrinsically motivated to learn, do not require incentives; intrinsic motivation enables them to learn more effectively and more thoroughly. But not everyone is intrinsically motivated towards the same subjects or tasks, nor does everything motive everyone to the same extent; therefore, it is important to stimulate extrinsic motivation. Nevertheless, some extrinsic motivations represent impoverished types of motivation”(Anguita, Baldomero p.373 2007).
