Intrinsic Motivation
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Learning Motivation

Reward Systems and Motivation: Why Wanting Isn’t Doing

We like to think desire alone can spark action. But as anybody who’s ever set a 6:00 a.m. alarm knows, wanting something rarely tips a person into doing it. Think about the student who cares about her future, knows her exams are important, yet somehow keeps falling down YouTube rabbit holes instead of opening her

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Motivation

Self-Determination Theory 

Questions about what motivates us have fascinated psychologists for decades. Early theories suggested that it is rewards and punishments that drive us to act. Give people money, praise and status, and they’ll work harder. Sounds logical, right? Well, it isn’t necessarily true always. Humans are not programmed to respond only to external forces. Something within us

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