About this Assignment
In this course, you learned that both intrinsic and extrinsic motivation can determine the outcome of completing a task. You also learned that setting appropriate goals and learning how to disengage from following other goals can be important in improving your well-being and pursuing happiness and personal growth. In a 2000-3000 word essay, you will present one intrinsic and one extrinsic goal from your own life and evaluate them through the lenses of psychological theories.
Project Prompt
For this assignment, you must write a 2,000-3,000 word essay that presents and analyzes one intrinsic and one extrinsic goal in your own life. Using the definitions you learned in this course, you must explain what makes them intrinsic and extrinsic. Some intrinsic goals may include keeping a daily journal or exercising regularly. Extrinsic goals may include achieving a certain GPA or a job promotion.
For me: Working out(intrinsic) and becoming BCBA(extrinsic)
After presenting and explaining each goal, you must explain how you plan to achieve happiness and growth, using the theories of Maslow, Rogers, and Seligman as a foundation. Additionally, you must conduct external research and incorporate at least three peer-reviewed journal articles to supplement your analysis and support your argument.
How has the pursuit of these goals affected you psychologically, whether positively or negatively? How do these theories shed light on the real-life value of these goals? Make sure that your essay includes an original, defensible thesis that explains the what, how, and why of your goals.
You must include a Works Cited section in APA style, as well as in-text citation throughout your essay. This reference section does not count toward the 2000-3000 word requirement.
Related Lessons
The following lessons from the course may help you with this assignment.
- Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs: Definition, Theory & Pyramid
- Humanistic Psychology & Carl Rogers' Theory of Personality
- Positive Psychology: Optimism, Self-Efficacy & Happiness
- Intrinsic Motivation in Psychology: Definition, Examples & Factors
- Extrinsic Motivation in Psychology: Definition, Examples & Types
Formatting & Sources
Please write your paper in APA format. As part of your research, you may refer to the course material for supporting evidence, but you must also use at least three credible, outside sources and cite them using APA format as well. Please include a mix of both primary and secondary sources, with at least one source from a scholarly peer-reviewed journal. If you use any Study.com lessons as sources, please also cite them in APA (including the lesson title and instructor's name).
- Primary sources are first-hand accounts such as interviews, advertisements, speeches, company documents, statements, and press releases published by the company in question.
- Secondary sources come from peer-reviewed scholarly journals, such as the Journal of Management. You may use also use databases like JSTOR, Google Scholar, and Social Science Research Network to find articles from scholarly journals. Secondary sources may also come from reputable websites with .gov, .edu, or .org in the domain. (Wikipedia is not a reputable source, though the sources listed in Wikipedia articles may be acceptable.) These scholarly (i.e., journal articles) sources should represent your primary sources of evidence-based information in order to write your essay.