Thursday, November 3, 2011
Motivation video
The video we watched in class Wednesday was interesting. I liked the way it was put together with the drawings and the lecture. I didn't expect the results of the one test though. The one where they payed people to complete tasks that required some amount of skill. the fact that participants performed worse in these tests surprised me, but I also thought it made sense. Personally, I'd perform worse at many of these tasks because of the increased pressure that comes along with the reward. The reward makes the task seem more important than what it really is. I think this ruins people's focus on the task at hand which is why I think the participants perform worse. I think if people were made unaware of the rewards they'd perform a lot better.
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I thought that video was really interesting as well. The visual and the message behind it was all very cleverly put together. I agree that I was also surprised with the results. You wouldn't think that they would do so poorly when there was such a large amount of money for the prize. I agree that sometimes a larger reward does increase pressure, but I also feel like sometimes you need that reward to give you a push because otherwise you may not care.
ReplyDeleteI was also really surprised by these results. I agree that it might make a difference if people were unaware of the rewards and that it might get them to perform better. I was also surprised from the fact that people will perform tasks that are challenging even when having no reward but do it just for a satisfaction factor.
ReplyDeleteI also agree, I found the motivation video very interesting. I found it weird that people performed worse at tasks that were simple and did not require much work. You think these tasks would be simple and easy for people to complete. I think your approach of not telling people their rewards would make them work harder and doing the best they can.
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