empowering individual decision making

• independence is being free from the control of the influence of others
• extrinsic motivation refers to engaging in activates or behaviors for their external benefits e.g. rewards, prizes etc...
• intrinsic motivation refers to engaging in activity or behaviors for their internal benefits. e.g. personal growth, knowledge etc...
• autonomy refers to the need to be able to act authentically based on individual choice and intrinsic motivation.
• competence refers to the need to feel as though you have the skills required to meaningfully carry out behaviors that affect your environment.
• relatedness refers to the need to feel a sense of attachment connection to and belonging with other people.
• anti-conformity is adjusting ones thoughts, feelings or behaviors to match those of other, social groups.
• reactance is a motivation state of distress caused by a desire to regain personal freedom after it being removed by external sources
• individuation is when an individuals identify to a group are noticeable.
• social support is in relation to anit-conformity when others hold a similar attitude on perspective to an individual
• deviant sub groups is groups that hold values and norms that exist outside the dominant social norms in society.