In strategies to develop intrinsic motivation, which elements are associated?

• A. Extrinsic rewards
• B. Medals and money
• C. Improvement, goals, and fun
• D. External evaluation

Answer: (C)

Intrinsic motivation comes from doing something because you find it interesting, enjoyable, or personally meaningful. In strategies to develop this kind of motivation, the focus is on improving your own abilities, setting realistic and meaningful goals, and making the activity enjoyable. Improvement feeds a sense of competence—watching your skills get better gives inner satisfaction. Goals give you direction and milestones to work toward, so you experience progress and accomplishment as you reach them. Fun keeps you engaged because the activity itself is enjoyable, not just a means to an external end.

The other options revolve around rewards or external judgments rather than the activity itself. External rewards, medals, money, and external evaluation are external factors and don’t foster the internal drive that sustains long-term engagement in PE.