What Is Intrinsic Motivation
Summary of the Article Intrinsic motivation refers to engaging in an activity because the activity itself is interesting, satisfying, meaningful, or enjoyable. A person may read about astronomy because of curiosity, practice music because improvement feels rewarding, or solve a difficult problem because the challenge is absorbing. The reward is contained largely within the experience of doing the activity. Extrinsic motivation, by contrast, involves performing an activity to obtain a

