Motivational influences of task difficulty information on task effort
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- Ichimura Kenshiro
- Kyoto University
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- Ueda Yoshiyuki
- Kyoto University
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- Kusumi Takashi
- Kyoto University
Bibliographic Information
- Other Title
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- 課題動機づけにおける困難度情報が課題努力に及ぼす影響
- カダイドウキズケ ニ オケル コンナンド ジョウホウ ガ カダイ ドリョク ニ オヨボス エイキョウ
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Abstract
Two studies were conducted to investigate the motivational influences of information about task difficulty on task effort. In both studies, an anagram task was used as the experimental task and task motivation was measured with rating scales. In experiment 1, 60 participants were presented anagrams labeled as “easy” or “difficult”, both of which were actually impossible to solve. Results revealed that participants low in intrinsic motivation put in more effort on anagrams labeled “easy” than “difficult”. In experiment 2, 60 participants were assigned to two groups (30 each) and task outcomes were manipulated (positive and negative). Results revealed that participants with positive outcomes could maintain task motivation and put in more effort on the challenging anagrams than those with negative outcomes. These results suggest that information about task difficulty can promote regulation of task effort and task motivation for sustained studying, especially for computer-based learning.
Journal
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- The Japanese journal of psychology
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The Japanese journal of psychology 87 (3), 262-272, 2016
The Japanese Psychological Association
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390001205079247232
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- NII Article ID
- 130005406925
- 120006394773
- 40020913946
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- NII Book ID
- AN00123620
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- ISSN
- 18841082
- 00215236
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- HANDLE
- 2433/229118
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- NDL BIB ID
- 027555063
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- Text Lang
- ja
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
- IRDB
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