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Roots of intrinsic motivation

Intrinsic motivation is the result of the prospect of fulfilling a "basic desire". Some identify this desire as wanting mastery or competency (White 1959) and others wanting pleasure (Kahneman, Diener, and Schwartz 1999)

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Updated 2020-07-31

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Elijah Fox
Elijah Fox
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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
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