Motivation and emotion/Lectures/Extrinsic motivation and psychological needs

Lecture 04: Extrinsic motivation and psychological needs

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This is the fourth lecture for the Motivation and emotion unit of study.

Overview

This lecture discusses human motivation in terms of:

• extrinsic and intrinsic motivation
• psychological needs

Take-home messages:

• The quality of motivation (intrinsic vs. extrinsic) is as important as quantity of motivation
• To flourish, motivation needs conditions which support autonomy, competence, and relatedness

Multimedia

• What makes us feel good about our work? (Dan Ariely, TEDx talk, 2013) (10:32 min): Most of us thrive by making constant progress and feeling a sense of purpose. Two eye-opening experiments are discussed.
• The surprising science of motivation (Dan Pink, RSA Animate, YouTube) (10:47 min): Explains the psychological ingredients for harnessing motivation in the workplace.

Readings

1. Chapter 05: Extrinsic motivation and internalisation (Reeve, 2018)
2. Chapter 06: Psychological needs (Reeve, 2018)

Slides

• Lecture slides
  • Extrinsic motivation and internalisation (Google Slides)
  • Psychological needs (Google Slides)
• Handouts
  • Download 6 slides to a page:
  • Download 3 slides to a page:

See also

• Images
• Carrot and stick (Wikipedia)
• Cognitive evaluation theory (Wikipedia)
• Extrinsic motivation
• Intrinsic motivation
• Psychological needs
• Self-determination theory

Lectures

• Brain and physiological needs (Previous lecture)
• Implicit motives and goals (Next lecture)

Tutorial

• Psychological needs (Tutorial)

Recording

• Lecture 04 recording (2021)