write a 750-1000-word literature review essay that analyzes and synthesizes the information about intrinsic and extrinsic motivation and how these may relate to life goals.
The information must come from credible sources that you will find online. Peer-reviewed articles are preferred. For this assignment, you will be expected to pick high-quality, credible sources and use your critical thinking skills in order to not only summarize, but also to apply the information in these sources to real-life contexts. As part of your literature review you will need to critique and analyze the sources you use and then finalize by condensing the information contained in them.
Within the introduction, you will need to define extrinsic and intrinsic motivation and how they relate to real-life examples. That is, what are the effects of extrinsic and intrinsic motivation on the pursuit of goals, for example?
The body of your essay must focus on a critical review and summary of each of your sources. Here you will need to provide specific details related to how the study was conducted, such as the research methodology, the setting of the study, and who participated. Then, provide a longer summary of the results and main outcomes of each study.
While details about each study should be included, in the last section of your literature review essay you also will need to condense the existing knowledge from your sources in order to provide a general view of the information you have obtained from those sources. Based on the information on your sources and course material, write about the relation between both intrinsic and extrinsic motivations and life goals, in general. That is, what is the effect of being guided by intrinsic motivations in relation toward life goals? What is the effect of being guided by extrinsic motivations in relation toward life goals?
Provide a synthesis of the subject area that these studies are covering, as well as synthesize the implications from those findings and any further questions.
You must include a Works Cited section in APA style, as well as in-text citation throughout your literature review essay. This reference section does not count toward the 750-1000 word requirement.
Please write the paper in the APA format. As part of your research, you may refer to the course material for supporting evidence, but you must also use at least three credible, outside sources and cite them using APA format as well. Please include a mix of both primary and secondary sources, with at least one source from a scholarly peer-reviewed journal.
