Neha is watching the latest movie “Drishyam-2” since she must know what…
2022
Neha is watching the latest movie “Drishyam-2” since she must know what happens to the family in the movie. This is the best example of –
- A.
Intrinsic motivation
- B.
Extrinsic motivation
- C.
Both Intrinsic and Extrinsic motivation
- D.
Neither Intrinsic nor Extrinsic motivation
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Correct answer: A
Concept: Intrinsic motivation is the internal drive to engage in an activity purely for its own sake — out of curiosity, interest, or personal satisfaction — with no external reward, grade, praise, or pressure involved. Extrinsic motivation, by contrast, is driven by outside factors such as rewards, marks, praise from others, or the avoidance of punishment.
Application: Neha keeps watching the movie because she is personally curious to find out what happens to the family in the story. No reward, grade, or outside requirement is mentioned anywhere in the scenario — the pull comes entirely from her own interest in knowing the outcome. This matches the internal, self-driven pattern of behaviour described above.
Cross-check — why the other categories don't fit:
An externally-driven category would need some outside incentive or requirement (a reward, a grade, someone instructing her) attached to the act of watching — the scenario names none.
A category needing both an internal and an external driver would still require that external incentive to be present alongside her interest — again, absent here.
A complete absence of drive would mean she has no reason at all to keep watching — but she is clearly engaged and driven to find out the outcome, so this cannot apply either.
Since the behaviour is entirely self-driven by personal curiosity, with no external factor involved, the scenario is best classified as intrinsic motivation.