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AUTOLETICS

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AUTOLETICS

The psychological principles and processes which underlie tasks in which performance appears to be self-rewarding.

That is, the task has the property of a goal rather than a means to a goal. Autotelic tasks are "intrinsically motivated." "Extrinsically motivated" tasks require external rewards. (James N. Mosel)