Nelson has been taking karate lessons since the age of 7. He has slowly progressed in skill and has earned several belts. He wants to begin entering competitions. He gets permission to attend an extra class each week, and in eight weeks he enters his first competition. What type of motivation does Nelson show?

Extrinsic motivation is being motivated to earn metals or any physical reward while intrinsic motivation is being motivated internally for his own betterment. Nelson is probably motivated to achieve his goal of winning his first competition and get his first medal, it might be extrinsic motivation inferring only from the details provided above.