INTRODUCTION
There were two main activities I did outside school. The first because it would be “good for me” and “something I would be able to enjoy all my life” (Activity 1) for which I had no intrinsic but some extrinsic motivation. The second, football, I am still involved in today. I will try to explore the possible psychological reasons why I detested activity 1 and still enjoy the other.
DESCRIPTION AND EVALUATION OF RELEVANT THEORIES
Vallerand (2004) explains that psychologists have come to realise there are various types of motivation. The two main types that have been studied a lot are intrinsic and extrinsic motivation.
INTRINSIC MOTIVATION
Vallerand (2004) and Biddle et al (2015) continues that Intrinsic motivation means taking part in an activity just for the enjoyment of participation. An example of intrinsic motivation is me and my continued participation in football even though I do not play anymore but activity 1 I have not done since I left home 30 years ago.
Vallerand et al. (1992) tell us that there are at least three categories of intrinsic motivation. They are motivation to know, motivation to try and better oneself and motivation to experience stimulation (sensory and aesthetic). …show more content…
A very high level of arousal, such as extreme anxiety, can be paralyzing and hinder performance. If the arousal level is very low, such as boredom and apathy, performance will probably suffer. The best arousal level is more complex than a simple answer of “the middle level is always best”. Yerkes and Dodson discovered that the best arousal level depends on the complexity and difficulty of the task to be carried out, see Figure 2 below. This is known as Yerkes-Dodson law, which states that a simple task is performed best when arousal levels are moderately high and difficult tasks are best performed when arousal levels are
There were two main activities I did outside school. The first because it would be “good for me” and “something I would be able to enjoy all my life” (Activity 1) for which I had no intrinsic but some extrinsic motivation. The second, football, I am still involved in today. I will try to explore the possible psychological reasons why I detested activity 1 and still enjoy the other.
DESCRIPTION AND EVALUATION OF RELEVANT THEORIES
Vallerand (2004) explains that psychologists have come to realise there are various types of motivation. The two main types that have been studied a lot are intrinsic and extrinsic motivation.
INTRINSIC MOTIVATION
Vallerand (2004) and Biddle et al (2015) continues that Intrinsic motivation means taking part in an activity just for the enjoyment of participation. An example of intrinsic motivation is me and my continued participation in football even though I do not play anymore but activity 1 I have not done since I left home 30 years ago.
Vallerand et al. (1992) tell us that there are at least three categories of intrinsic motivation. They are motivation to know, motivation to try and better oneself and motivation to experience stimulation (sensory and aesthetic). …show more content…
A very high level of arousal, such as extreme anxiety, can be paralyzing and hinder performance. If the arousal level is very low, such as boredom and apathy, performance will probably suffer. The best arousal level is more complex than a simple answer of “the middle level is always best”. Yerkes and Dodson discovered that the best arousal level depends on the complexity and difficulty of the task to be carried out, see Figure 2 below. This is known as Yerkes-Dodson law, which states that a simple task is performed best when arousal levels are moderately high and difficult tasks are best performed when arousal levels are