note to self

human motivation; psychology

asked j regarding a research article on flow experience i was reading when i was rushing thru positive essay. the article divides motivation into intrinsic, extrinsic (self-determined), extrinsic (non-self-determined) and amotivation. the participants were swimmers and given a survey to classify them into one of the four categories.

results have shown that intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation (self-determined), both having self-determinancy, have higher instances of flow experience than those swimmers that are extrinsically motivated but are non-self-determined and amotivation.

my qns to j was that from results, does autonomy has a greater effect on flow experience than whether motivation is intrinsic and extrinsic.

few flaws that j pointed out. the article is not focusing on the issue of autonomy, but rather being able to determined the motivation yourself; self-determinancy. those having self-determined extrinsic motivation does not means that they have high autonomy. autonomy is being able to decide without influence of others. self-determinancy is making decisions by yourself, may be influenced by others. so it's simply saying that the decisions are not made by others and forced onto yourself.

and some other things i don't really get and don't really know what to ask there and then.

self.

i should avoid direct 1-to-1 confrontation with j. it's hard to focus on what she's saying, when what she's showing has a more interesting and evolutionary value. when there're doubts, better it's discussed over the mail or with more coverings.

lunched alone. same as j.