Psychology 2061A/B Final: PSYCH 2060 Additional readings FINAL NOTES.docx

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2061A/B
• Professor: Prof

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Additional materials: dan pink ted talk video: went to law school bottom 10, makes case to rethink how we run businesses, candle problem >1945 by karl duncker, give candle, box of thumb tacks, matches, must attach candle to wall so candle doesn"t drip on table, solution requires overcoming functional fixedness, solution is to use box from tacks as platform, experiment by sam glucksberg uses candle problem, shows the power of incentives, timed how fast. Dulls thinking and blocks creativity: has been proven over and over again for 40 years, mismatch between what science knows and business does, business built around extrinsic motivation, another glucksberg experiment, did it with tacks and box separate, done much faster in group with incentive, rewards work for narrow focus, negative results of incentive shown at mit, india, lse, solution: intrinsic motivation, autonomy, mastery, purpose, management=compliance, self direction=engagement, australian engineer firm > fedex day >work on what you want, rowe >results only work environment.