LGST 240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Positive Psychology, Martin Seligman
10 Dec 2015
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How to know if gamification is right for you project. Case study: designing for collective good: stackoverflow: q&a site. Programming is supposed to be fun o: badges are more gold, silver, bronze, which is appropriate for this site. Badges are about things that are good for others- i. e. edit 100 posts that have been inactive, leave 10 comments, edit 500 points, rank other people: the system is structured to incentivize pro-social behavior. Games can directly address all components of perma, the 5 core concepts to be a flourishing. Positive psychology individual: positive emotions, engagement, relationships, meaning, achievement. What it takes to get to the flow state- can get there when activities get to a certain level. If a task is too difficult, we get anxious. If a task is too easy, we get bored.
