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Development of Individual Differences in Intrinsic Motivation

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The term intrinsic motivation is used in this chapter to refer to a cognitive theory of motivation in which the idea of behavior for its own sake and as its own reward is central. We include in our definition essentially what Hunt (1963) meant by “motivation inherent in information processing and action,” the reinforcing property of tension induction, and behavior that is instigated, maintained, and directed by such stimulus characteristics as novelty, complexity, incongruity, and surprise; that is, by what Berlyne (1960, 1963, 1966) has called the “collative variables.” Individuals behave partly because behaving is better than not behaving (which is probably not possible for any extended period), and they appear frequently to behave in particular ways in order to obtain further opportunities to take in and process information.

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Haywood, H.C., Burke, W.P. (1977). Development of Individual Differences in Intrinsic Motivation. In: Užgiris, I.Č., Weizmann, F. (eds) The Structuring of Experience. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-8786-6_9

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