Document Type
Birth and Creation Essay
Publication Date
2005
Excerpt
Psychologist David Beswick, during a presentation at St. Hilda's College Senior Common Room on Fellows Night in May of 2000, had said, "Curiosity, and the related more general field of intrinsic motivation, has been recognized as playing a part in a wide range of human endeavor...By intrinsic motivation we mean a process of arousal and satisfaction in which the rewards come from carrying out an activity rather from a result of the activity. We speak of the rewards being intrinsic to a task rather than the task being a means to an end which is rewarded or satisfying'' (Beswick). In interpreting the words of Beswick, his definition and description of intrinsic motivation draw strong connection to several pieces of literature. It is a natural tendency for beings of complex intelligence to be curious about things which they do not know of or about, and with that curiosity must also come the unwonted powers of temptation, desire, and motivation. These are factors which urge exploration and discovery of new entities that await in life, whether they are tangible or not.
Recommended Citation
Perri, Ryan J., "Intrinsic Motivation in the Absence of Satisfaction in Genesis, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, and Frederick Douglass' Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (2005)" (2005). The Valpo Core Reader. 77.
http://scholar.valpo.edu/core_reader/77