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Effects of peer influence on task motivation.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Effects of peer influence on task motivation./
Author:	Garcia, Robert.
Description:	63 p.
Notes:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 52-05.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International52-05(E).
Subject:	Psychology, General. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=1552857
ISBN:	9781303743016

Effects of peer influence on task motivation.
Garcia, Robert.

Effects of peer influence on task motivation. - 63 p.

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 52-05.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of California, Irvine, 2014.

This study investigated task motivation as a function of individual differences in motivation and of social influence. More specifically, it featured an impossible task paradigm with subtle manipulations of normative social influence as a means of assessing the effects of peer goal-related behaviors on persistence and goal disengagement. Previous experimental research on goal disengagement has focused almost exclusively on intra-individual variables such as dispositional optimism. With regard to peer influence on goal behavior, correlational research has dwelled primarily on long-term educational or health goals. This study used an experimental paradigm to explore the intersection of individual dispositions for goal striving and social influence as they shape individuals' persistence toward goals. When goal attainability is uncertain, individuals may use social models to make inferences about goal attainability. Studies that experimentally manipulate peers' (confederates') behaviors and, by extension, social norms for goal-directed behavior can address the processes involved in switching from goal engagement to disengagement. Conformity effects on a persistence task emerged for conditions with highly persistent peers compared to persistence in control conditions without social pressure. Individual difference personality variables, such as competitiveness, self-esteem, and psychological reactance, had little predictive value. Studies like this one may have implications for optimizing social influences in the workplace and in educational settings.

ISBN: 9781303743016Subjects--Topical Terms:

1018034
Psychology, General.

Effects of peer influence on task motivation.
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