Think of something that you’re motivated to accomplish: achieve in school, excel at a sport, improve our love life, change some unhealthy habits. Write down as specifically as you can what your current behavior is and what your desired end goal should be. Do you find that a combination of both intrinsic and extrinsic motives are driving your behavior as you seek to progress from point A to point B?

The Major Motives: Food, Love, Sex and Work

Think of something that you’re motivated to accomplish: achieve in school, excel at a sport, improve our love life, change some unhealthy habits. Write down as specifically as you can what your current behavior is and what your desired end goal should be. Do you find that a combination of both intrinsic and extrinsic motives are driving your behavior as you seek to progress from point A to point B?

For the goal you’ve selected, do environmental factors outweigh genetic ones in attaining your outcome? Please consult chapter 10 of your etextbook.