Intrinsic Motivation and Self-Determination in Human Behavior
Early in this century, most empirically oriented psychologists believed that all motivation was based in the physiology of a set of non-nervous system tissue needs. The theories of that era reflected this belief and used it in an attempt to explain an in
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PERSPECTIVES IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY A Series of Texts and Monographs • Edited by Elliot Aronson
INTRINSIC MOTIVATION By Edward L. Oed SCHOOL DESEGREGATION By Harold B. Gerard and Norman Miller HUMAN AGGRESSION By Robert A. Baron UNIQUENESS: The Human Pursuit of Difference By C. R. Snyder and Howard L. Fromkin SCHOOL DESEGREGATION: Past, Present, and Future Edited by Walter G. Stephan and Joe R. Feagin THE BELIEF IN A JUST WORLD: A Fundamental Delusion By Melvin J. Lerner NONVERBAL BEHAVIOR AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY By Richard Heslin and Miles Patterson INTRINSIC MOTIVATION AND SELF-DETERMINATION IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR By Edward L. Oed and Richard M. Ryan THE PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS PHENOMENA By Gordon L. Patzer REDEFINING SOCIAL PROBLEMS Edited by Edward Seidman and Julian Rappaport
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Intrinsic Motivation and Self-Determination in Human Behavior Edward L. Deci and
Richard M. Ryan
University of Rochester Rochester, New York
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Oed, Edward L. Intrinsic motivation and self·determination in human behavior. (Perspectives in social psychology) Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Intrinsic motivation. 2. Psychology-Philosophy. 3. Personality. I. Ryan, Richard M. ll. Title. III. Title: Self·determination in human behavior. IV. Series. BF503.D43 1985 153.8 85·12413 ISBN 978-1-4899-2273-1 ISBN 978-1-4899-2271-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4899-2271-7
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Preface Early in this century, most empirically oriented psychologists believed that all motivation was based in the physiology of a set of non-nervoussystem tissue needs. The theories of that era reflected this belief and used it in an attempt to explain an increasing number of phenomena. It was not until the 1950s that it became irrefutably clear that much of human motivation is based not in these drives, but rather in a set of innate psychological needs. Their physiological basis is less understood; and as concepts, these needs lend themselves more easily to psychological than to physiological theorizing. The convergence of evidence from a variety of scholarly efforts suggests that there are three such needs: self-determination, competence, and interpersonal relatedness. This book is primarily about self-determination and competence (with particular emphasis on the
