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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Reward (Psychology)"”.
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Electrocortical responses in reward paradigms and their variation related to personality
… components, are to the valence and magnitude of reward-related stimuli, and (2) whether individual differences have an effect on the sensitivity of these ERP components to these characteristics. This was investigated using two reward-related paradigms. In the "pure gambling task" participants …
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Situational and individual factors of reactive cognitive control: examining feedback and motivation
… be related to reactive cognitive control in reward situations. Sixty-six individuals completed the Need for Cognition questionnaire (Cacioppo & Petty, 1984) to measure cognitive intrinsic motivation and were randomly assigned to either a rewarded feedback or informative feedback Stroop task. …
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Total rewards or totally not what the people want? Examining the preferred total rewards of those at home vs. in the workplace
… an at-home parent vs. an older male) changed reward preferences. The present study adds to the scarce total reward preference research by examining the moderating effect age, gender, and parental status have on the relationship between physical work location and total reward preference. …
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The effects of self-reliance on the successful use of self-reinforcement
The present study was designed to examine the relationship between the success of self-reinforcement (as defined by its effectiveness in increasing a given response) and a specific aspect of positive self-esteem that would seem most clearly related to the effectiveness of self-reinforcement, …
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The relationship between time estimation and an individual's ability to delay gratification
… return and collect an additional half of their reward a day later. It was expected that there would a positive correlation between time estimation and delay of gratification and that there would be a positive correlation between time estimation measures and between delay of gratification …
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A Cost Analysis of an Institutional Token Motivational System
The problem: An analysis was performed on the cost and effectiveness of a token motivational system in a state hospital. Procedure: A token economy program, designed and implemented by a multidisciplinary team, attempted to motivate 48 retarded residents to perform 27 self-help skills and 51 work …
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Emotion versus Motivation: Probing Dissociable Effects on Cognitive Control Through Task Performance, Pupillometry Methods, and Individual Differences
… e.g., delivery of performance-contingent rewards and punishments) and their impact on cognitive control. Given previous empirical evidence suggesting that positive emotion may enhance cognitive flexibility and reactive control, while performance-contingent rewards may enhance goal …