EXSS2025 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Visual Search, Jacques Loeb, Dynamometer
22 Aug 2018
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If you consistently give a reward for doing something it will undermine intrinsic motivation; wont do something unless they get a reward for it. I. e. doctor gives child lolly, wont go to doctor in future unless they get a lolly. Implication: cognitive evaluation theory: a reward is perceived as an attempt to control decreases in intrinsic motivation. A reward perceived as proving information about competence increases intrinsic motivation: therefore, be careful about how extrinsic rewards are presented. Attention capacity limitation & protection (load shedding): concept 3: the brain has limited capacity (attention) for processing inputs coming in from the environment and for generating the appropriate responses. Arousal & stress: concept 7: relationship between arousal (physiological & psychological activation) & performance is described by the inverted-u relationship. Arousal influences attention, concentration & ability to take in information (i. e. visual search: there(cid:495)s an optimal arousal level for activities y.
