Running Header: Intrinsic Motivation in Children

Uraiba Hasan
1 min readAug 29, 2020

What is Intrinsic Motivation?
Intrinsic Motivation is one of the two types of motivation that most researchers agree upon. When children are motivated to perform an activity for their own sake and gain pleasure from performing the activity itself, this kind of motivation can be defined as intrinsic learning. (Berlyne, 1966)

Why is Intrinsic Motivation important?
Intrinsic motivation has proven itself to be the healthier because people carry out their tasks purely for enjoyment rather than other material gains (Amabile and Pratt, 2016) which reduces the chances of anxiety in children (Gottfried, 1983)

What are some ways to promote intrinsic learning in children?
Keeping your infants in an environment that has a variety of stimulation promotes cognitive intrinsic motivation. (Hunt, 1966)
giving them learning material that they’re unfamiliar with will generally spark more interest. (Frommer, 1966)

References:

Amabile, T. M., and Pratt, M. G. (2016). The dynamic componential model of creativity and innovation in organizations: Making progress, making meaning. Res. Organ. Behav. 36, 157–183.
Berlyne, D. E. (1965). Structure and direction in thinking. John Wiley.
Frommer, F. D. (1966). Some determinants of the incidence and content of children’s questions. Child Development, 37(1), 177–189
Gottfried, A. E. (1933). Investigating the construct of Academic Intrinsic Motivation.
Hunt, J. Mcv. (1966). The Epigenesis of Intrinsic Motivation and early cognitive learning.

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