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Motivation experiment days 13-15: the role of praise
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My experiment in motivation continues into the 15th day of drawing daily, and I reflect on the effects of praise on motivation and how these effects can be altered by depression.
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Motivation experiment – days 9-12
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As my experiment in daily drawings progresses from day nine to 12 my intrinsic motivation to draw continues to increase, and I decide to try out some tracing.
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Motivation part 2 – Rewards and Punishment
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Operant conditioning is the technical term used in behavioural sciences for learning from consequences.
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Motivation experiment days 7 & 8
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After a little over a week of drawing daily, my interest and enjoyment of this daily task starts to pick up through a combination of positive feedback from others and my own sense of accomplishment.
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Motivation experiment days 5 & 6
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As my experiment with drawing daily to see what happened to my motivation continues, so does the struggle thinking of things to draw. But by forcing myself, some ideas do start to come.
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Motivation experiment days 3 & 4
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By day four of my motivation experiment a lack of ideas for what to draw begins to feel like it is going to be a constant obstacle. But then things start to change.
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Motivation experiment day 2
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The main motivator to do this drawing was having committed myself to doing a drawing each day for this experiment. I had to push myself to keep to my commitment to draw this, and struggled with feeling I didn’t know what to draw. I managed that obstacle by telling myself it didn’t matter if…
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Motivation and the secrets to getting things done – part 1 – Intrinsic and Extrinsic motivation
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What makes you get out of bed in the morning? What makes you go to work? What makes you read a book, or sit down to watch tv? Motivation has been on my mind because one of the biggest challenges in providing effective psychological treatment for depression seems to be overcoming motivational barriers that…
