Problem
What motivated you to go to college? - You have now learned about different theories of motivation. We also learned about how motivation increases the initiation and persistence of activities & behaviors. Also, the type of motivation you hold for a specific behavior can impact the overall outcome of that goal. For this discussion you are asked to revisit a question that was asked to you in the interactive presentation - What motivated you to go to college?
• Share what you wrote as your one word response to what motivated you to go to college?
• Do you think your response was an intrinsic or extrinsic motivation?
• Identify some of the pros and cons of having intrinsic versus extrinsic motivations for going to college. Be sure to use information you learned in the readings and interactive presentation to support your reason.
• What are other factors that may impact your motivation? Remember examples were provided in the interactive presentation for this week.