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IOP2605 Assignment 1 Semester 2 2026 - Due 11 August 2026 COMPULSORY ASSIGNMENT FOR SEMESTER 2: ASSIGNMENT 01 Total: 50 Study material: Lessons 1, 2, 3 and 4 Due date: 11 August 2026 Unique number: 322573 Note: This is a written assignment that must be submitted on myUnisa in PDF only. QUESTION 1 Answer the following questions based on the excerpt below: This perspective of a competent human being states that individuals are motivated by internal needs and not external needs such as rewards and punishment. According to this perspective, motivation covers concepts such as desires, needs, wishes, drives, and interests. 1.1 Identify the perspective of a competent human being presented in the excerpt. (2) 1.2 To which paradigmatic stance does this perspective in the excerpt belong? (1) 1.3 Now that you have identified the theory in the excerpt, discuss in your own words the characteristics of a competent human being as depicted in this theory. (14) 1.4 Name other needs which were added to this theory. (3) [20] QUESTION 2 2.1 Use Activity 1.3 at the end of Lesson 1.6 (Personal mastery) to complete your personal mission statement. You are expected to consult theory to answer the questions in the Table as you complete your personal mission statement. Complete this Activity as part of Assessment 1 as instructed in the Assessment. Do not post it in the Forum but include it in your Assessment. (10)

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IOP2605
ASSIGNMENT 1
DUE DATE:11 AUGUST 2026

, IOP2605 ASSIGNMENT 1 2026
DUE 11 AUGUST 2026




QUESTION 1

Answer the following questions based on the excerpt below:

This perspective of a competent human being states that individuals are motivated by
internal needs and not external needs such as rewards and punishment. According to this
perspective, motivation covers concepts such as desires, needs, wishes, drives, and
interests.


1.1 Identify the perspective of a competent human being presented in the excerpt.
The excerpt presents the Africentric/Afrocentric perspective, specifically the Africentric
theory of human motivation as proposed by Nwoye (2017) (Lesson 1, Unit 1.5.5; Study
Guide, p. 26; Feedback Tutorial Letter 201, p. 4).




1.2 To which paradigmatic stance does this perspective in the excerpt belong? (1)
This perspective belongs to the Africentric paradigmatic stance (Lesson 1, Unit 1.5.5;
Study Guide, p. 26; Feedback Tutorial Letter 201, p. 4).


1.3 Now that you have identified the theory in the excerpt, discuss in your own
words the characteristics of a competent human being as depicted in this theory.
According to the Africentric perspective, a competent human being displays the
following five sources of motivation (Lesson 1, Unit 1.5.5; Study Guide, pp. 26-27;
Feedback Tutorial Letter 201, pp. 4-5):

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