When the person starts to appreciate the significance of the behaviour, to perceive it as personally-chosen, to identify, and to accept the regulatory process, he/she is, subsequently, deemed to be regulated by identification. According to Deci and Ryan(2002,p.17), “regulation through identification involves a conscious valuing of a behavioural goal or regulation, an acceptance of the behaviour as personally important.” Since identification permits volition, behaviour, under this form of extrinsic motivation, is regarded self-determined (the person can feel a sense of volition) than behaviour controlled by external regulation or introjected regulation. To illustrate we can use the example of “a boy in high school who decides to get up an hour earlier to review his chemistry notes because he feels it is personally important to do so” (Vallerand & Ratelle, 2002, p.43). In this example, the boy’s
When the person starts to appreciate the significance of the behaviour, to perceive it as personally-chosen, to identify, and to accept the regulatory process, he/she is, subsequently, deemed to be regulated by identification. According to Deci and Ryan(2002,p.17), “regulation through identification involves a conscious valuing of a behavioural goal or regulation, an acceptance of the behaviour as personally important.” Since identification permits volition, behaviour, under this form of extrinsic motivation, is regarded self-determined (the person can feel a sense of volition) than behaviour controlled by external regulation or introjected regulation. To illustrate we can use the example of “a boy in high school who decides to get up an hour earlier to review his chemistry notes because he feels it is personally important to do so” (Vallerand & Ratelle, 2002, p.43). In this example, the boy’s