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Greene, David; Lepper, Mark R. – Child Development, 1974
Preschool children were asked to participate in an activity of high initial interest, either for its own sake or in order to obtain an extrinsic reward. Children who participated as a means to some ulterior end showed less intrinsic interest in the activity. (SDH)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Interest Research, Interests, Motivation

Salzberg, Bernard H.; And Others – Journal of School Psychology, 1974
After measuring the amount of disruptive behavior exhibited by nine kindergarten children, delayed feedback paired with contingent access to play was found to be most effective in reducing disruptive behavior. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Theories, Feedback, Kindergarten Children

Rosenberg; Harry E. Wing – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1973
It is maintained that behavior modification techniques of postitve and intermittent reinforcement specified by B. Skinner to prevent extinction may adversely affect the critical internal motivators of gifted students, who may be bored by constant success. (MC)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Exceptional Child Education, Gifted, Motivation
Ward, William D. – Child Develop, 1969
Descriptors: Aspiration, Elementary School Students, Failure, Kindergarten Children
Kahn, Arnold – 1971
Three separate laboratory studies were conducted to determine the conditions under which a person reciprocates a past favor and retaliates a past harm. The first study utilized the framework of equity theory (Adams, 1965) and predicted that when faced with inequity due to the generosity or stinginess of another, one means of reducing the inequity…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Experimental Psychology, Interpersonal Relationship, Motivation

Curran, Thomas F. – Small Group Behavior, 1978
In this age of accountability and evaluation, client motivation is most often cited as the primary reason for therapeutic failure. It is suggested that certain videotape procedures can contribute effectively to the amelioration of this aspect of the therapeutic dilemma. (Author)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Group Therapy, Motivation, Need Gratification

Scorzelli, James F.; Reinke-Scorzelli, Mary – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 1976
Determines the changes that may occur in the response rates of 14 skid row alcoholics on a performance task after the introduction of a frustration operation. Results suggest a possible relationship between low frustration tolerance and the method by which these individuals tend to motivate themselves. (Author)
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Males, Motivation, Performance Tests

Sabers, Darrel L.; And Others – Journal of Experimental Education, 1972
This research was concerned with an externally supplied motivational approach to reducing the attrition rate in correspondence study courses at the University of Iowa. (Authors)
Descriptors: College Students, Correspondence Study, Letters (Correspondence), Motivation

Wilson, John W. – Elementary School Guidance and Counseling, 1972
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Learning Theories, Motivation, Positive Reinforcement

Rosenfeld, George Walker – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1972
Conclusions are that (a) the addition of reinforcements to a regular classroom curriculum results in improved performance for many students, and (b) improvement is positively related to IQ. (Author/MB)
Descriptors: Achievement, Data Analysis, Grade 6, Intelligence
Wenzel, Lawrence A. – Calif J Educ Res, 1969
Results of a study of the effects of negative criticism indicated that group criticism reduces the cognitive performance of college students. (DR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Motivation, Negative Reinforcement, Rewards
Spear, Paul S. – Develop Psychol, 1970
Indicates that approval and disapproval affect the subject's motivational level (assessed by rate of responding) rather than his learning (assessed by acquisition measures). This study is based on a dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment for the Ph.D. degree at the University of Denver. (MH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Grade 1, Grade 5, Learning Processes

McCafferty, W. Dean – College Student Journal, 1971
The author examines the two sets of conditions associated with human motivation: internal conditions and the outer demands. These demands are then discussed according to interrelationships among them along with some notions about how motives change. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior, Educational Environment, Learning Motivation, Motivation
Blomgren, George W.; Walters, Roy – Training, 1979
Focusing on the motivational effect of incentives on people in the workplace, two training consultants debate the effectiveness and usefulness of reward incentives. (LRA)
Descriptors: Achievement, Awards, Job Satisfaction, Motivation

Brown, Sandra A.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1980
Independent expectancies were that alcohol enhances social and physical pleasure, enhances sexual performance and experience, increases power and aggression, increases social assertiveness, and reduces tension. More global factors were related to light consumption. Increased expectation of sexual and aggressive behavior was found in heavier…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Assertiveness, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Processes