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).