Malcolm X
central focus of Deci and Ryan's (1987) cognitive evaluation theory is the impact of contextual variables on motivation. Their model has been successfully used to predict and explain how events associated with the performance of a particular activity affect motivation to pursue the same activity again. We describe here an extension of Deci and Ryan's model, integrated with notions adapted from deCharms' (1968) discussion of Origin and Pawn states. This extension and integration provides a model for predicting the generalization of motivational effects across different activities.
Deci and Ryan (1987) proposed that intrinsic motivation stems from drive-like human needs to be self-determining and competent, i.e., to be autonomous rather than externally-controlled. In concrete terms, an intrinsically motivated behaviour is that which appears to be spontaneously initiated by the person in pursuit of no other goal than the activity itself. According to Deci and Ryan, events that......
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