EESC 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Motivation, Positive Feedback

• School: Northeastern University
• Department: Coop/Exper Ed - Science
• Course: EESC 2000
• Professor: William Sharp

Document Summary

Differentiates between types if motivation based on the reasons or goals that give rise to action: Intrinsic: doing an activity because it is inherently interesting. Autonomy: offering people extrinsic rewards for behavior that is intrinsically motivated undermined the intrinsic motivation as they grow less interested in it. Competence: giving people unexpected positive feedback on a task increases intrinsic motivation, positive feedback was fulfilling people"s need for competence. Extrinsic: doing an activity because it leads to a separate outcome, examples: Doing boring schoolwork to get a degree. If you do(cid:374)"t do this, you pay a pri(cid:272)e (cid:894)pu(cid:374)ish(cid:373)e(cid:374)t(cid:895) If you do(cid:374)"t do this, you"ll (cid:271)e thought (cid:271)adly of. The activity is important and you know it will be good for you. Doing this enables you to do other things (like have fun) Identification and integrated regulation: big picture is important. Talk to colleagues to gain perspective: think of work as an experience.