22 | COSERE 2.3.7. Edward Deci and Richard Ryan - Self-determination theory. Self-determination theory (SDT) is a macro theory of human motivation and personality that concerns people’s innate growth tendencies and innate psychological needs. It pertains to the motivation behind people’s choices in the absence of external influences and distractions. SDT focuses on the degree to which human behaviour is self-motivated and self-determined. Intrinsic motivation refers to initiating an activity because it is interesting and satisfying in itself to do so, as opposed to doing an activity to obtain an external goal (extrinsic motivation). A taxonomy of motivations has been described based on the degree to which they are internalised. Internalisation refers to the active attempt to transform an extrinsic motive into personally endorsed values and thus assimilate behavioural regulations that were originally external. Three basic psychological needs motivate self-initiated behaviour and specify essential nutrients for individual psychological health and well-being. These needs are said to be the universal and innate need for autonomy, competence, and relatedness. The term extrinsic motivation refers to the performance of an activity in order to attain some separable outcome and, thus, contrasts with intrinsic motivation, which refers to doing an activity for the inherent satisfaction of the activity itself. Unlike some perspectives that view extrinsically motivated behaviour as invariantly non autonomous, SDT proposes that extrinsic motivation can vary greatly in its relative autonomy.(2000_RyanDeci_SDT.pdf).
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