Wisdom Nuggets from Academic Papers on Motivational Theory v.2021–03

🙋‍♂️ What does Steel (2006) present?

Temporal motivational theory (TMT)

🙋‍♂️ What does Steel unify?

1. picoeconomics
2. expectancy theory
3. cumulative prospect theory
4. and need theory

🙋‍♂️ What are the implications of TMT?

The potential implications of TMT are numerous, affecting our understanding of a wide range of topics, including group behaviour, job design, stock market behaviour, and goal setting.

🙋‍♂️ What advice could be given to goal setters with different level of Impulsiveness?

• Impulsive individuals should be more motivated by proximity.
• It would be best for them to have more frequent but smaller goals.
• Conversely, those with a higher need for achievement will more likely attend to goal difficulty.
• Their motivation should be maximized by less frequent but harder goals.

🙋‍♂️ What graph would demonstrate the superiority of Goal Setting in achieving motivation dominance over tempting alternatives?

🙋‍♂️ What graph would demonstrate that work pace/time statements over the course of a group project are not linear but curvilinear, reflecting hyperbolic discounting?

🙋‍♂️ Could you show a graph of three example students’ utility estimation for socialising versus writing an essay over the course of a semester that ends in 3 months’ time?

Betty finds good grades somewhat less important than Anne and Colin (i.e., she has a smaller need for achievement), and she has a lower sense of self-efficacy (i.e., expectancy). Colin, however, desires good grades even more than Anne but is the most impulsive.

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