In everyday life, motivation and learning are connected like music and dancing. Many educators realize this and work hard to improve their students’ motivation. A motivated student may repeat and self-rehearse the content of a chapter more often, which leads to better learning. However, from a cognitive psychology point of view, it is still uncertain if motivation without differences in repetition or attention, affects episodic memory performance. That is, would a motivated student perform better compared to a less motivated peer if they both have same level of previous knowledge, attention and rehearsal? The number of studies in this field is scarce, and some studies are limited by methodological issues, and others indicate that motivation does not affect episodic memory performance. The overall aim of this thesis was to develop a motivational instruction that facilitates or affects memory performance, and to characterize the underlying mechanisms of this potential effect. Study I examined if reward competition would affect word and source recall as well as word recognition. Following the self-determination theory of motivation…
Contents
NTRODUCTION
CONCEPTUAL BACKGROUND
A brief history of motivational research
The development of motivational thoughts
The emergence of cognitive science
Self-determination theory
Self-efficacy theory
Goal-setting
Social influence
RESEARCH OBJECTIVES
SUMMARY OF EMPIRICAL STUDIES
Study I: Item-specific bias, self-rated motivation and memory performance
Study II: Ego-involved goal setting and memory performanc
Study III: Motivation and memory: Chance of winning in social and individual
recall competition
Study IV: Motivational effects on memory performance: Chance of winning, group structure, and gender
RELATION BETWEEN MOTIVATION AND MEMORY
Activity level in mental representation
Intentional superiority effect
Mediation through strategies
Efficient encoding
Persistent retrieval
Internal conflict hypothesis
CONCLUSIONS AND DISCUSSION
REFERENCE
Author: Ngaosuvan, Leonard
Source: Umea University
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