What’s on the Self-Determination Theory poster
A definition and 6 facts worth remembering.
Deci and Ryan's account of motivation: behaviour is intrinsically motivated when three basic psychological needs are met, and extrinsically motivated when it is driven by external reward or pressure.
- Autonomy: a sense of choice and volition.
- Competence: feeling effective at the task.
- Relatedness: connection to others.
- Extrinsic rewards can undermine intrinsic motivation — the overjustification effect.
- Rewards for interesting work reduce later voluntary engagement.
- Rewards work best for dull, repetitive tasks.
- Needs — 3
- Best evidenced — of the motivation theories
- Paying children to draw reduces how much they draw once the payment stops.
Contingent rewards — do this, get that — are the most likely to crowd out intrinsic motivation.
Questions about the Self-Determination Theory poster
- What’s on the Self-Determination Theory poster?
- A definition and 6 facts worth remembering. Deci and Ryan's account of motivation: behaviour is intrinsically motivated when three basic psychological needs are met, and extrinsically motivated when it is driven by external reward or pressure. Autonomy: a sense of choice and volition.; Competence: feeling effective at the task.; Relatedness: connection to others.; Extrinsic rewards can undermine intrinsic motivation — the overjustification effect.; Rewards for interesting work reduce later voluntary engagement.; Rewards work best for dull, repetitive tasks.; Needs — 3; Best evidenced — of the motivation theories; Paying children to draw reduces how much they draw once the payment stops.. Contingent rewards — do this, get that — are the most likely to crowd out intrinsic motivation.
- Who is the Self-Determination Theory poster for?
- Self-Determination Theory belongs to the Business & Management section rather than to a school year, because business is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning people & organisations can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the Self-Determination Theory poster?
- Autonomy, competence, relatedness. Meet all three and motivation is intrinsic. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Self-Determination Theory belongs on the wall where that business work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Self-Determination Theory?
- Team Roles, Change Management and Managing Conflict sit alongside Self-Determination Theory in the Business & Management section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Team RolesChange ManagementManaging Conflict
- Is the Self-Determination Theory poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Self-Determination Theory downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Business & Management section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Self-Determination Theory poster print at?
- Self-Determination Theory is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Self-Determination Theory loses nothing.Printing guide
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