1. Autonomy Orientation -

    High degree of experienced choice with respect to initiation and regulation of one's own behavior
 

•     Seeks opportunities for self-determination
•     Less controlled by extrinsic rewards

2. Control Orientation -

    Being organized with respect to controls either in environment or inside themselves ("shoulds", "ought to")
 

•     Seeks out, select, or interprets events as controlling
•     Relies on controlling events
•     More controlled by extrinsic rewards

3. Impersonal Orientation -

    Experience one's behavior as being beyond their intentional control
 

•     Sees oneself as less competent, unable to master situations
•     Sees behavior as initiated and regulated by impersonal forces rather than intentions