PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Extrinsic motivation refers to engaging in activities to reduce needs or obtain external rewards. Intrinsic motivation refers to engaging in activities because those activities are personally rewarding and they fulfill our beliefs or expectations.

Detailed explanation-2: -Self-actualization. This refers to engaging in activities because they are personally rewarding or because they fulfill our beliefs or expectations.

Detailed explanation-3: -Intrinsic motivation is defined as the doing of an activity for its inherent satisfaction rather than for some separable consequence. When intrinsically motivated, a person is moved to act for the fun or challenge entailed rather than because of external products, pressures, or rewards.

Detailed explanation-4: -Intrinsic motivation is engaging in an activity because it is enjoyable. You may find it fun or challenging. You are doing the activity for its own sake, not because you’ll get obvious external rewards or extrinsic motivators. The feeling from doing the task itself is the reward.

Detailed explanation-5: -When you’re intrinsically motivated, you engage in an activity solely because you enjoy it and get personal satisfaction from it. When you’re extrinsically motivated, you do something in order to gain an external reward.