Title: Need-Based Motivation vs. Cognitive-Based Motivation | Your Business
Headings: Need-Based Motivation vs. Cognitive-Based Motivation
Need-Based Motivation vs. Cognitive-Based Motivation
Need-Based Motivation
Cognitive-Based Motivation
Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation
Critique

Content: For example, the expectancy-value theory proposes that the amount of effort employees will expend on a task is the product of their expectation of success at the task and the value they attach to it. Attribution theory is another cognitive-based theory that explains how individuals interpret events. People attribute causes to others’ behavior to understand why they behave in a certain way. There are two types of attributions. An internal attribution suggests that a person behaves in a certain way because of something about the person such as attitude or personality. An external attribution suggests that the person behaves that way because of something about the situation. Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation
Intrinsically motivated people engage in an activity because they are interested in and enjoy the activity. Extrinsically motivated individuals get involved in an activity because of external reasons such as a reward. Some theories of motivation emphasize these differences. For example, according to self-determination theory, extrinsic incentives may even undermine performance at an inherently interesting activity.