A Social Worker’s Key To Motivation
The questions revolving around the motivations behind human behavior have been pondered and theorized by scholars living across boarders, cultures, and even time periods; despite that, many questions still remain. It is probable that almost everyone, if not everyone, can say that they have come in contact with someone, at least once, who seems to have little motivation to do anything more than sit around. Vice versa, it is also probable that everyone can say that they have come across someone who seems to never stop working towards achieving the goals that he/she has set for himself/herself. The differences between the person who seems to lack motivation altogether and the person who seems to have an abundance …show more content…
It seems as if those people are naturally more motivated than others, but this may not necessarily be the case. To investigate further, is important to shift our attention to extrinsic motivation. It is theorized that if a person feels like they have more choice or autonomy when being extrinsically motivated, then he/she is more likely to see the value in the action and therefore is more likely to continue the behavior. An example of this is shown by someone who realizes the importance of making healthy decisions and internalizes it, thus he/she is more likely to make those decisions in the future than someone who does it only for ego or societal pressure. We can see the variance in autonomy with those …show more content…
Therefore they are not seeking our help out of enjoyment, or interest, in other words, intrinsic motivation. Knowing what we know about motivation, it is our job to help facilitate that our clients synthesize into themselves the importance of their efforts. We all know this is not an easy task; we also know that if we do not find a way to allow the clients to feel they have more autonomy in their behavior plans, then they are less likely to change their future behavior or have any motivation to complete the behavior plan altogether. As Ryan and Deci (2000) presented, clients will need to feel belongingness and connectedness in order to internalize the importance behind their behavior change. Needless to say, motivation is an asset that social workers see and work with all the
The questions revolving around the motivations behind human behavior have been pondered and theorized by scholars living across boarders, cultures, and even time periods; despite that, many questions still remain. It is probable that almost everyone, if not everyone, can say that they have come in contact with someone, at least once, who seems to have little motivation to do anything more than sit around. Vice versa, it is also probable that everyone can say that they have come across someone who seems to never stop working towards achieving the goals that he/she has set for himself/herself. The differences between the person who seems to lack motivation altogether and the person who seems to have an abundance …show more content…
It seems as if those people are naturally more motivated than others, but this may not necessarily be the case. To investigate further, is important to shift our attention to extrinsic motivation. It is theorized that if a person feels like they have more choice or autonomy when being extrinsically motivated, then he/she is more likely to see the value in the action and therefore is more likely to continue the behavior. An example of this is shown by someone who realizes the importance of making healthy decisions and internalizes it, thus he/she is more likely to make those decisions in the future than someone who does it only for ego or societal pressure. We can see the variance in autonomy with those …show more content…
Therefore they are not seeking our help out of enjoyment, or interest, in other words, intrinsic motivation. Knowing what we know about motivation, it is our job to help facilitate that our clients synthesize into themselves the importance of their efforts. We all know this is not an easy task; we also know that if we do not find a way to allow the clients to feel they have more autonomy in their behavior plans, then they are less likely to change their future behavior or have any motivation to complete the behavior plan altogether. As Ryan and Deci (2000) presented, clients will need to feel belongingness and connectedness in order to internalize the importance behind their behavior change. Needless to say, motivation is an asset that social workers see and work with all the