Intrinsic Motivation: Perspectives In Social Psychology; A Series Of Texts And Monographs, Edited By Elliot Aronson

"As I begin to write this Preface, I feel a rush of excitement. I have now finished the book; my gestalt is coming into completion. Throughout the months that I have been writing this, I have, indeed, been intrinsically motivated. Now that it is finished I feel quite competent and self-determining (see Chapter 2). Whether or not those who read the book will perceive me that way is also a concern of mine (an extrinsic one), but it is a wholly separate issue from the intrinsic rewards I have been experiencing....." [from the book of the preface by Edward L. Deci, Stanford, California.]