Integrating External Regulators

Psychologists Rhine and dessy argue that, in addition to our physiological needs of food, water and shelter, we also have psychological needs. Deprived of these needs causes ill being in the same way that depriving someone of water causes ill health. Introjected reasons help explain why we struggle to motivate ourselves to perform many actions. Since the action stem from a perceived pressure or control outside the self, there tends to be lowered intrinsic interest in pursuing it.