The Extrinsic Motivation In The Film Coach Carter

When I am given an assignment to complete, my first thought is whether or how I will do the task more productive or do it with my utmost effort. This is my first concern as I feel that if I am not getting interested on the topic given for example Math computations etc. If I do not have an interest in the topic, I feel less confident in completing the work to the best of my ability. This leads me to think whether I can reach academic success. This is a safety point as I begin to feel as if I am not capable of doing the work. The question is: What choice do people make about their behavior? Why do some students, for example, focus on their studies and other one focusing on the things he/she loves to do? How long does it take to get started?
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This part of the movie shown the Extrinsic Motivation. Extrinsic motivation refers to a person’s tendency to perform a task, research suggests that by overloading with rewards can reflect in poor performance, causing a decrease in intrinsic motivation. In the movie, Coach carter had each member to sign the contract. In the contract, it states that they should attend all of their classes, wear dress shirts and ties on game days, refer to everyone (players and coach alike) as "sir", and maintain a minimum 2.3 (C+) grade point average, Ken Carter used a variety of ways to lead and motivate the team to get them on their way to the state championships undefeated. among other requirements. Carter also asks the school staff for progress reports on the players' grades and attendance. He teaches them to play a disciplined brand of basketball. Including, those countless push-ups and suicides the team members had to make in order to come back again to the team. This is a sample of Extrinsic Motivation. They are not really interested in the activity for its own sake; they only care about the game, which is basketball. Although he noticed from the progress reports that most of his athletes were doing poorly academically, violating the contract the athletes signed at the beginning of the season, so he took immediate action. To get the attention of his athletes, school, and community, that the first …show more content…
Intrinsic motivation comes from within an individual. At the latter part of the movie, Coach Carter chooses to quit his job, but soon he reconsidered when he realized that he truly did inspire and change the lives of the athletes at Richmond High. The athletes refused to play, until their academic grades improved, and only then did the team get back on the court and make their way to the state championships. They didn't win the championships, they fell short in the first round, but they did win the hearts of the Richmond community and 6 of the athletes went on to college of which 5 won scholarships. When we are intrinsically motivated, we do not need incentives or punishments, because the activity itself is satisfying and rewarding. It is an objects or events that encourages or discourages