Psychology 2990A/B Lecture Notes - Competitive Learning, Cooperative Learning, Positive Interdependence

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2990A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazlewood

Document Summary

Part 1: motivation in the classroom => the why of behavior. Motivation is a psychological state that influences goal-directed behavior. Activates the behavior (causes it to begin i can"t wait to start this group project ) Regulates the behavior (involves plans and strategies for achieving the goal ) Behavior is controlled by its consequences (e. g. rewards increase mot and punishments decrease motiv) The problem with rewards to increase motivation: the first demonstration (with kids who liked playing with magic maker pens) Phase 1: assigned to one of three groups: Group 1: expected a good player award for drawing a picture with pens. Group 2: unexpectedly received the award after drawing a picture. Phase 2: reward is removed during free-play. Results: group 1 spent half as much time playing with the pens comparing to the others to groups. => expected rewards undermined intrinsic motivation to continue the activity (when the rewards were removed).