Motivation Proposal Psy 201 Week 4

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Motivation Proposal PSY/201 March 31, 2013 Motivation Proposal Feldman (2013) indicates intrinsic motivation is inspiration provided from an activity itself. For instance, feeling good about yourself after working out or doing a job that inspired you to work harder; self-gratification was what motivated you. Extrinsic motivation is defined as motivation that stems from consequences of an activity. For instance, my friend asked me if I would babysit her child and offered me 15.00 per hour to do so, I would be motivated to watch her child because she is going to pay me $15.00 an hour to do so. I would be doing this because of the consequences it will have (Feldman, 2013). The motivation proposal I am working on will be for my family and friends; I want to motivate them in both intrinsic and extrinsic. Making an exercise program that will accomplish will be intrinsic because they will feel good about themselves after working out and extrinsic because they will also gain other rewards from doing it, such as being healthier, staying fit, and losing weight. So both types of motivates will play a role in the proposal. The results I hope to gain from this proposal are my friends and family giving it a try and hopefully staying with it. Knowing I was able to make exercise plan that kept them motivated is the best results I can hope for. This is intrinsic motivation for me, doing a job and feeling good about me once it is completed. Making each of them their own chart that has a schedule with what they should be doing throughout the week and having their weight written in it at the beginning and then writing their weight at the end of each week so they are able to see what process they have made should be motivating to them, they will see the results of their hard work at the end of the week. At the end of each day they will feel good about themselves just because

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