What motivates you to participate in different activities in your life? Is your motivation different for activities such as school, hobbies, family obligations spending time with friends, etc.? How might you explain any differences you experience?
I am motivated to participate in different activities for different reasons. For example, I am motivated to complete my academic work because it is the means to an end and the end being my undergraduate degree and starting my graduate program where I get to gain experience specific to my desired job. I am motivated to spend time with my friends because I love them and hanging with them is enjoyable and they keep me sane (:
The differences in motivation for different activities can be explained by knowing what your goals are and knowing what activities help you achieve those goals. Also, motivation has a lot to do with your culture and what values and expectations you were raised to accept. Motivation is such an interesting concept as it is so individualistic to every person and can involve many different types of motivation for such a specific task.
I like that you mentioned how motivation is a cultural thing. It seems that everything is affected by how you're raised and what your community believes! I'm sure going to college and doing well in school is something I am motivated to do because my parents always had the expectation that would go.
ReplyDeleteYes, I would agree with that. Going to college was also something that I was expected to do, and I have had a lot of support for that.
DeleteFriendship is a good example too. It's easy to think about academic motivation, but I think people in general are also a huge part of our lives. We all need community, and not just because it can be a pressure (even in a good way) to be productive or helpful.
Yes, I would agree with that. Going to college was also something that I was expected to do, and I have had a lot of support for that.
ReplyDeleteFriendship is a good example too. It's easy to think about academic motivation, but I think people in general are also a huge part of our lives. We all need community, and not just because it can be a pressure (even in a good way) to be productive or helpful.
I agree with you all! While my parents didn't expect me to come here, I did have teachers who felt like that and pushed me to go to college. But what about those students who don't have outside forces helping and expecting them to go on to higher education? What motivates them? While I'm sure it's all similar to how we were motivated to work hard to come here, do you think they are more motivated because they lack that outside influence?
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