Question

Kevin was not enrolled in school, nor did he have a job that required mathematical skills or reasoning, yet he spent several nights a week reading and solving problems in an old calculus textbook. how would you best explain this behavior? kevin is _____.

Answer 1

Kevin is intrinsically motivated.
This means that he is motivated to do something purely because he is interested in it and actually enjoys it - he likes math even though he never studied it officially, which is why he spends almost every night studying. If he studied math for a job, then it would be extrinsic motivation.