Self Motivation Test

Introduction: 

Motivation is the desire to act in service of a goal. It’s the crucial element in setting and attaining one’s objectives—and research shows that people can influence their own levels of motivation and self-control.

Motivation can have many sources, and often people have multiple motives for engaging in any one behavior. Motivation might be extrinsic, whereby a person is inspired by outside forces—other people or events that transpire. Motivation can also be intrinsic, whereby the inspiration comes from within a person—the desire to improve at a certain activity. Intrinsic motivation tends to push people more forcefully, and the accomplishments are more fulfilling.

Self-motivation is encouraging yourself to continue making progress toward a goal even when it feels challenging.There are two main types of motivators: ‘intrinsic’ and ‘extrinsic’.

In their simplest form you can think about these two types of motivation as:

• Intrinsic: To perform an action or task based on the expected or perceived satisfaction of performing the action or task. Intrinsic motivators include having fun, being interested and personal challenges.
• Extrinsic: To perform an action or task in order to attain some sort of external reward, including money, power and good marks or grades.

Different people are motivated by different things and at different times in their lives. The same task may have more intrinsic motivators at certain times and more extrinsic motivators at others, and most tasks have a combination of the two types of motivation.

Test Description: 

Test questionnaires used for this test are derived from Quest Meraki.  In this test, there are three questionnaires: the first one is to understand for the intrinsic or the extrinsic nature of the motivation on the subject, the second and third questionnaires are to know the subject’s self-motivation level on various dimensions such as personal drive, commitment, initiative, optimism, risk-taking, setting goals, self-efficacy, self-confidence, managing time and being organized.

The first questionnaire includes 12 statements and this is to find out the intrinsic or extrinsic motivation nature of the subject.  Each statement is ranked with 1 to 5 or 5 to 1 from ‘strongly agree’ to ‘strongly disagree’ in either case.  In the questionnaires second and third there are 38 and 42 statements respectively.  Those are to put a tick on the box of ‘Never’, ‘Rarely’, ‘Sometime’, ‘Often’ and ‘Always’ which will be  marked as ‘1’, ‘2’, ‘3’, ‘4’ and ‘5’ respectively.  The number of statements varies with the different dimensions.  Later on marks for each dimension are calculated summing up.  Score range is calculated with the higher possibility of each statement i.e. 5 by the number of statements and the lowest possibility of each statement i.e. 1 by the number of statements.  And with those highest possibility and lowest possibility, average value is calculated and obtained score is compared.  This will help to know the tendency of the subject on various dimensions of self-motivation..

Purpose: 

To find out the self-motivation factor in various dimensions of the subject using Self Motivation questionnaires. 

Equipment/Material Used

i) Self Motivation Test Sheet

ii)  Self Motivation questionnaires

iii) Pen/pencil/paper, eraser

Introduction to the subject:

Name: XXX XXX

Age: 29

Religion: Hindu

Gender: Male

Marital status: Married

Occupation: QA Project Lead

Education : Masters

Date of the Test: January 09, 2019, 1:00 PM

Place: Bhatkeko Pul

Test Administration: 

Procedure:

Subject was instructed before taking the test as per manual. The subject was informed about the test, its relevance and the questionnaires were handed to him.

Testing: 

The test was conducted in the meeting room. After the subject was instructed the test was conducted with all the materials.  The subject was requested to ask for any assistance or confusion he has while performing the test.

Introspection:

After the testing was completed the subject was asked to share his experience. He replied, “I was very excited to take the test regarding my own self motivation and I find the test interesting as well. The scale was also easy for me to mark but for some of the question that were not completely related to be I have tried to answer honestly but the scaling might vary as it was just my prediction at the current moment what I will do on those scenarios ”

Release: 

The subject was released with thanks and assuring him that he will receive his scoring on our next meeting.

Result and Analysis/Interpretation

Obtained Score:

Number of Statements	Score Range	Average Score	Obtained Score
12	12-60	36	39

Table: Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation

Dimensions	Number of Statements	Score Range	Average Score	Obtained Score
Personal Drive	10	10-50	30	38
Commitment	9	9-45	27	29
Initiative	9	9-45	27	30
Optimism (Positive Attitude)	10	10-50	30	40

Table: Questionnaire 1

Dimensions	Number of Statements	Score Range	Average Score	Obtained Score
Risk-Taking	8	8-40	24	24
Setting Goals	7	7-35	21	22
Self-Efficacy	10	10-50	30	30
Self-Confidence	9	9-45	27	35
Managing Time & Being Organized	8	8-40	24	26

Table: Questionnaire 2

According to the obtained score and median score of the various dimensions.  The first table shows that the obtained score(39) above the average score i.e. 36 which means the subject is higher on intrinsic motivation.

On the second table the obtained scores on all the dimensions are higher to the average scores to those dimensions. The subject seems to have optimism and personal drive but though other dimensions fall on the normal range seems to have less commitment and initiative towards the matter. 

On the third table, the subject’s is average or above average in all the dimensions. As the result in the second table the subject seems to have self confidence and personal drive but seems less focused on managing, organizing and setting goals to achieve the goal.

Impression:

The subjects seems to be average on the different dimensions of self motivation but seeing the response the subject seems to be confident, optimistic and with personal drive but the subject is less focused on achieving these goals with proper management, organization and seems to be a safe player rather than a risk taker.