1. ActivePsych: Classroom Activities Project / Copyright © 2007 by Worth Publishers Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation What motivates your behavior? Acknowledgements: This activity was written by Ann Merriwether, State University of New York at Binghamton

2. ActivePsych: Classroom Activities Project / Copyright © 2007 by Worth Publishers The locus of control refers to the way people attribute their chances for future success, either in terms internal or external causes. Success and the Locus of Control

3. ActivePsych: Classroom Activities Project / Copyright © 2007 by Worth Publishers In a college course, would you rather: A. Earn an easy A, but learn very little? B. Work very hard, learn a great deal, and get a B?

4. ActivePsych: Classroom Activities Project / Copyright © 2007 by Worth Publishers About the Results Intrinsic motivation is a desire to perform a behavior for its own sake. Extrinsic motivation is a desire to perform a behavior due to promised rewards or threats of punishment.

5. ActivePsych: Classroom Activities Project / Copyright © 2007 by Worth Publishers Consider This… Do you think the results of this survey showed that students have more extrinsic or intrinsic concerns regarding their education? What do you think is the goal of a college education? Learning? A degree as a step toward a future goal? Something else? Do you think, in most cases, the grades you’ve received in classes reflect the amount of effort you have put into them? Do your grades reflect the amount you have learned?