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This article examines the relationship between activity and motivation by integrating the theory of activity developed in Soviet psychology with contemporary Western motivation psychology. It is argued that the gap between the two traditions is largely terminological: the distinction between motive and goal in A.N. Leontiev’s theory corresponds to the distinction between motivational and volitional processes in the Rubicon model, and the “shift of the motive to the goal” corresponds to the internalization of extrinsic motivation described by self-determination theory. On this basis, a four-stage model of the path from motive to result is proposed – the formation of a motive, the choice of a goal, the transition from intention to action, and the regulation of activity until its completion – and the psychological mechanisms and meta-analytic evidence relevant to each stage are summarized. The model is used to formulate recommendations for diagnosing and supporting motivation in educational and work activity.
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