The drive to engage in an activity in order to obtain an external reward or avoid an external punishment.
From Latin 'extrinsecus' meaning 'from outside' + 'motivus' (moving).
Extrinsic motivation is doing something for the reward — the paycheck, the grade, the trophy. It works, but it can crowd out the love of doing it!
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