Attitudes and Motivation

The motivated individual expends effort is persistent and attentive to the task at hand has goals desires and aspirations enjoys the activity experiences reinforcement from success and disappointment from failure makes attributions concerning success and/or failure is aroused and makes use of strategies to aid in achieving goals. That is the motivated individual exhibits many behaviors feelings cognitions etc. that the individual who is unmotivated does not (Masgoret & Gardner 2003 p. 128).