Intrinsic Motivation and Self-Determination in Human Behavior

By Edward L. Deci, Richard M. Ryan. 1975

I: Background.- 1. An Introduction.- 2. Conceptualizations of Intrinsic Motivation and Self-Determination.- II: Self-Determination Theory.- 3. Cognitive Evaluation Theory: Perceived Causality and Perceived Competence.- 4. Cognitive Evaluation Theory: Interpersonal Communication and Intrapersonal Regulation.- 5. Toward an Organismic Integration Theory: Motivation and Development.- 6. Causality Orientations Theory: Personality Influences on Motivation.- III: Alternative Approaches.- 7. Operant and Attributional Theories.- 8. Information-Processing Theories.- IV: Applications and Implications.- 9. Education.- 10. Psychotherapy.- 11. Work.- 12. Sports.- References.- Author Index.

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Active learning of inverse models with intrinsically motivated goal exploration in robots (2013, positive): “…new active learning heuristics havebeenproposedindevelopmentalrobotics,suchasthosebased on the psychological concept of intrinsic motivations [54,46,55] which relate to mechanisms that drive a learning agent to perform different activities for their own sake, without requiring any exter-nal…”
What is Intrinsic Motivation? A Typology of Computational Approaches (2007, background): “These researchers stated that what was driving human behavior was a motivation for effectance (White, 1959), personal causation (De Charms, 1968), competence and self-determination (Deci and Ryan, 1985).”
Transferring motivation from educational to extramural contexts: a review of the trans-contextual model (2011, unknown): “However, like many social cognitive theories, the TPB does not explicitly specify the reasons for which these outcomes are pursued (Deci and Ryan 1985).”
Enhancing Students’ Engagement (2014, background): “Competence is the need to be successful in meeting one’s goals and in interacting with the environment (Deci & Ryan, 1985).”
Workplace Well-Being: The Role of Job Crafting and Autonomy Support (2015, background): “Such a climate is likely to foster human agency and more self-determined, discretionary behavior (Deci and Ryan 1985; Ryan and Deci 2000) and could therefore lead to increases in job crafting.”
Emotion Transmission in the Classroom Revisited: A Reciprocal Effects Model of Teacher and Student Enjoyment (2017, background): “…look at positive emotions in the classroom is particularly relevant because they are at the core of students’ intrinsic motivation and interest (Deci & Ryan, 1985; Renninger & Hidi, 2016) and thus indispensable for students’ willingness to engage in academic con- This article was published…”
Examining motivation in online distance learning environments: Complex, multifaceted and situation-dependent (2011, background): “An influential theory that explicates intrinsic–extrinsic motivation in greater depth is self-determination theory (SDT, Deci & Ryan, 1985).”
Understanding e-learning continuance intention in the workplace: A self-determination theory perspective (2008, methodology): “But the most useful and innovative contribution of SDT is that it also proposes that extrinsic motivation need not be an invariably controlled form of motivation ( Deci & Ryan, 1985a; Ryan & Connell, 1989).”
Materialism, Sociocultural Appearance Messages, and Paternal Attitudes Predict College Women's Attitudes About Cosmetic Surgery (2009, background): “Though the denial of material pleasures may be psychologicallyunhealthy(Belk,1986)andthepursuitofmaterialist goals may not be necessarily good or bad ( Deci & Ryan, 1985 ), there is a great deal of evidence that materialist values are associated with poorer psychological outcomes (Deci & Ryan, 1985;”
Active Learning and Intrinsically Motivated Exploration in Robots : Advances and Challenges (2010, background): “…mechanisms based on the concept of intrinsic motivation (sometimes called curiositydriven learning) grounded into theories of motivation, spontaneous exploration, free play, and development in humans [10], [51], [52], as well as in recent findings in the neuroscience of motivation [46]–[48].”
Autonomy in the Workplace: An Essential Ingredient to Employee Engagement and Well-Being in Every Culture (2011, methodology): “In addition, and consistent with the broader theme of this book, research based on self-determination theory (Deci & Ryan, 1985) has also provided strong evidence of the importance of autonomy in the workplace.”
Conceptualizing the Role and Influence of Student-Teacher Relationships on Children's Social and Cognitive Development (2003, background): “…the socializing function of education attempt to describe the processes by which teachers, in simultaneously meeting the intellectual and social needs of students (Brophy, 1998; Deci & Ryan, 1985; Galbo, 1994; Wentzel, 1999), can encourage students to adopt a lifelong learning perspective.”
What teachers say and do to support students' autonomy during a learning activity. (2006, methodology): “…academic achievement, and persistence in school (Benware & Deci, 1984; Black & Deci, 2000; Boggiano, Flink, Shields, Seelbach, & Barrett, 1993; Deci & Ryan, 1985, 1987; Deci et al., 1981; Grolnick & Ryan, 1987; Hardre & Reeve, 2003; Koestner, Ryan, Bernieri, & Holt, 1984; Miserandino, 1996;…”
The classroom environment and students' reports of avoidance strategies in mathematics: A multimethod study. (2002, background): “Alternatively, “telling” students what to think or do limits opportunity for student learning and autonomy while establishing the teacher as authority (Deci & Ryan, 1985).”