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MOTIVATION

Presented by,
APARNA ANTONY
What is Motivation?

 The term motivation orginated from a Latin word motum


which means motion.
 Motivation is something which prompts, compels and
energizes an individual to act in a particular manner at a
particular time for attaining some specific goal.
Definitions for Motivation
 According to Mc Donald, motivation is an energy change
within the organism characterized by effective arousal and
anticipatory goal relations.
 Sorenson considers motivation as psychological and
physiological condition that causes one to expand effort to
satisfy needs and wants.
Importance of Motivation
o Motivation provides energy and accelerates the
behaviour of the learner.
o It releases the tension and helps in satisfying the
needs of the learner.
o It energises the learner and thus it initiates learning
activity.
o Motives activate, direct, and regulate the behaviour of
the learner.
Kinds of Motivation

1. Intrinsic Motivation or Natural


Motivation
2. Extrinsic Motivation or Artificial
Motivation
Intrinsic Motivation
 It is the motivation associated with activities that have their
own reward.
 It is a force within the individual and works from within the
individual.
 In intrinsic motivation the individual take genuine interest
in performing the activity due to some inside motives and
goals.
 Reading poetry,painting picture etc are examples.
Extrinsic motivation
 It is the motivation associated with activities that carry an
external reward.
 It refers to forces outside the individual which are tied with
the environment.
 Here the individual does or learns something not for its own
sake, but as a means of obtaining desired goals or getting
some external rewards.
 Praise, blame ,marks etc are examples.

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