Evidence Of Subliminally Primed Motivational Orientations

The article “The Secret of Effective Motivation” by Amy Wrzesniewski and Barry Schwartz, appeared in Sunday Review on July 4, 2014. The article introduces different types of motives and examines their effectiveness with the help of real life social experiments. The differences between two main types of motives: internal and instrumental, are introduced in the first part of the article. Although, many people think that both internal and instrumental motives are good in engaging some kind of activity, authors argue that instrumental motives are not so useful and sometimes can be counterproductive for success. Authors develop their argument by analyzing the results

In chapter one of Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, Author Daniel Pink introduces two types of motivators that he refers to as, “Human operating systems”. Times have changed, and business models are changing as well. Just like we need to upgrade our computer software when it begins to fail. We also need to upgrade our human operating systems, when our current method is not keeping up with the ever-changing business world. The concept of reward and punishment to encourage employees to be more productive is an outdated way of managing people. In order to create a better work environment and increase productivity, we need to upgrade our idea of motivation to include autonomy, mastery, and purpose.

It is the act of using key phrases or words to subconsciously influence how one’s mind acts and thinks in a certain way. The study done by two Dutch researchers where two groups of people were asked to answer questions from the game Trivial Pursuit after having thought about either being a professor or soccer hooligans shows the difference priming can make. The group of people who thought of being a professor, being in a “smart” mindset, answered the 55.6% of the questions correctly, while the soccer hooligans group answered only 42.6% correctly. Priming could open the door to many different ways to look at testing in schools or the effects of everyday life on students. Such as, if a student is told repetitively that they are not capable of a certain grade or other achievement, that will instill in them the idea that they truly are incapable. Priming can also be used to encourage students and help them with their grades or other achievements. The connection between priming and a better mindset, therefore result creates potential for opportunities to be handled in a way that benefits everyone

Human motivation is a physiological drive that we all have inside ourselves. There is no way to completely avoid it. Some drives we have are for basic necessities of survival, like the feelings of thirst and hunger. Obviously we must give into the drive that our body is signaling to us we must have because food and water are essential for us to live. When our behavior is directed by means of survival this is something known as homeostasis. “According to drive theory, the body maintains a condition of homeostasis, in which any particular system is in balance or equilibrium (C.L. Hull, 1951). Any departure from homeostasis, such as depletion of nutrients or a drop in temperature, produces an aroused condition, or drive, which impels the individual to engage in appropriate action such as eating, drinking, or seeking warmth. As the body’s need is met, the drive and associated arousal subside.” (Garrett, pg. 161)

Chapter I - Introduction 1.2 Problem statement and research questions “To what extent do motivational theories generalize across cultures, in explaining employees’ motivation?”

My motivation to pursue a career in medicine stemmed from witnessing the disparities which occurred in my home country, and seeing how large differences with the provision of care can impact the health of a community. This motivation allowed me to serve populations which are in dire need in a multitude of ways, and I came to Pritzker, partially due to the fact of the commitment it has in regards to meeting the needs of a very underserved population; the south side of Chicago.

The standard way of thinking about motivation has it that the only way to get people to be driven is to reward them extrinsically. In other words, the way we generally try to motivate people is by dangling a carrot in front of their face, or pushing them with a poke to the ribs with stick. Many people assume that if you want someone to do something, you incentivize them with external compensation. For example, if you want a student to work harder in class, offer them extra credits. If you want your basketball team to be better, make them run more suicides as punishment. However, in this book, Drive: ’’The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us’’ by Daniel Pink challenges this conventional, preconceived notion of motivation of carrot and stick mentality. Pink divided motivation into three categories that evolved over time: motivation 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0.

Neuroscience and psychology seem to have been working together to try to understand how and why certain behaviors transpire in a person’s personality, and what makes or motivates a person to do the things they do. One of the most analyzed wonders that mark motivation, the thought developments, and the social interaction, is the analysis of drug obsession. Through advance forms of scanning the brain with imaging equipment like positron emission tomography (PET) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) have advanced the knowledge of drug addiction and how the brain is affected (Volkow, Fowler, & Wang, 2003,para 2). This paper will examine the brain structures and functions, the influence of

Priming is when subtle triggers we are either aware of or not aware of influence our behavior. Gladwell has the reader imagine that he is a professor proctoring a scrambled-sentence test where students were asked to walk down a long hallway into an exam room where they were given an exam with a list of five-word sets and asked to change each word set into a grammatically four-word sentence as fast as possible. The test was not difficult but the college students walked down the hallway more slowly than they walked towards the classroom. This is because ingrained in the list were certain words that were associated with being old. This test, which was developed by a clever psychologist named John Bargh, makes our adaptive unconsciousness ponder about the state of being old. Further research suggests that individuals can be primed to behave differently, various words may be used to influence people to be polite or rude. Malcolm Gladwell demonstrates how a simple scramble-sentence test challenges your sub consciousness into believing that you are much older by simply

In “The Surprising Science of Motivation”, Dan Pink explained how the 21st century is requiring people to become more creative and think outside of the box. Allowing yourself to view all the possibilities instead of restricting solutions can provide more positive rewards. As a result, I find myself understanding the concept that external rewards like money are not the best way to motivate ourselves or others. Therefore, motivation lies within everyone by giving them the power to examine three elements of motivation which include autonomy, mastery, and purpose. Those that follow this motivation are not receiving cash reward but a reward of accomplishing their own task. In summary, I know understand that a person can be motivated by their

Motivation is critical to success, but many don’t understand the topic or subject very well. To have success as a leader requires the understanding of motivation, including the factors that affect it and the overall methods of enhancing it. Motivation as we know it can be defined as the direction and intensity of an individuals effort. The direction of effort refers to an individual that seeks out, approaches, or is attracted to a certain situation. On the other hand, intensity of effort refers to how an individual puts maximal effort toward a certain situation. So is there a good motivational theory that can best represent the way our athletes or gym junkies act?

Some of the employees have said that they cannot be successful with the new process because it requires more dexterity than they believe that they are capable of.

Behavioural Activation is approved as an effective psychological method to treating the depression by National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (National Institute of Health and Care Excellence, 2009). BA is built on the notion that depression continues due to changes in behaviour, starting from early depression and a further withdrawal from healthy activities will assist in a lack of constructive reinforcements resulting into further substantial depressive emotions; thus paving the way for vicious cycle (Price, 2013). It has been suggested by research that behavioural activation part of CBT (Beck, Rush, & Shaw, 1979) alone is equally effective as full CBT treatment (Jacobson , Dobson, & Traux, 1996). Beck et al (1979) encouraged the

The purpose of this feasibility study is to analyse and evaluate LJ Hooker Shailer Park’s current motivational strategies and to provide recommendations for future improvement in this area.

For many years, millions of people have engaged in some kind of volunteering act that has contributed to a number of unimaginable hours of work. Of these people though, 49% have represented the adult population with a quarter of them having devoted their time to 5 or more hours per week for volunteering (the motivations to volunteer). These figures for volunteering have been inspiring for psychologists to seek and understand the instrumental factors that lead people to volunteer. Several arguments have been stirred throughout the years, but importantly,