Question

Maggie does her homework primarily to gain her teacher's approval. She has little internal desire to do her homework, although she does feel slight twinges of guilt when she fails to get an assignment done on time. Within the sequence in which internalized motivation may develop–external regulation, introjection, identification, then integration. Maggie is showing:________.a. external regulation.b. introjection.c. identification.d. integration.

Answer 1

Answer: B.) INTROJECTION

Explanation: The principle of INTROJECTION could be explained as act of willful adoption of other people's ideas. In the context above, Maggie isn't being forced by the teacher to do her assignment which could have been seen as projection, but Maggie does her assignment willfully without being forced because of the alignment she feels for her teacher. The principle of INTROJECTION usually result in the development t of internalized motivation due to the observation and alignment being developed with an external authority, In the context above, the external authority is Maggie's teacher.