Self –Actualization represents the ability and desire of an individual to reach their full potential as a human. According to the Self-Determination Theory, people are born with an innate longing to be proactive in the quest for self-improvement as long as the three basic psychological needs of competency, autonomy and relatedness are met. Once these needs are met, people become more self-directed which can motivate them intrinsically, extrinsically and emotionally. Intrinsic motivation is based solely on the desire to complete an activity. Extrinsic motivation is completing undesired actions for a desired outcome and must be regulated. The four types of extrinsic regulation External Regulation; Introjected Regulation; Identified Regulation;
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This potential can be explained as the capacity of humans to become the best and most enlightened version of themselves. The self-determination theory (SDT) is an “organismic meta-theory” which assumes that people tend to have an innate tendency to be “proactive” and move toward superior improvement and assimilation in self-functioning (Deci et al., 2013, p. 110). Within this theory, focus is emphasized on the psychological components necessary to achieve a level of full …show more content…
Deci et al. (2013) separates this regulation into three categories named integrated emotion regulation (awareness of feelings and sense of choice); suppressive regulation (blocking emotions from awareness); and dysregulation (undesired behavior manifests from lack of ability to regulate emotions) (p. 124). The presence of integrated emotional regulation is positively correlated with autonomy supportive parenting as opposed to parenting that introduces a large amount of positive or negative conditional regard (Deci et al., 2013, p.126).
When all of the basic human needs are met, intrinsic motivation exists, extrinsic motivations are fully internalized and emotions are regulated, people are more likely to actualize their inherent
This potential can be explained as the capacity of humans to become the best and most enlightened version of themselves. The self-determination theory (SDT) is an “organismic meta-theory” which assumes that people tend to have an innate tendency to be “proactive” and move toward superior improvement and assimilation in self-functioning (Deci et al., 2013, p. 110). Within this theory, focus is emphasized on the psychological components necessary to achieve a level of full …show more content…
Deci et al. (2013) separates this regulation into three categories named integrated emotion regulation (awareness of feelings and sense of choice); suppressive regulation (blocking emotions from awareness); and dysregulation (undesired behavior manifests from lack of ability to regulate emotions) (p. 124). The presence of integrated emotional regulation is positively correlated with autonomy supportive parenting as opposed to parenting that introduces a large amount of positive or negative conditional regard (Deci et al., 2013, p.126).
When all of the basic human needs are met, intrinsic motivation exists, extrinsic motivations are fully internalized and emotions are regulated, people are more likely to actualize their inherent