Quiz - What Motivates People

People tend to become less motivated and slow down as they get closer to reaching the end of a goal.

Which type of reward schedule is most effective to keep people engaged and motivated to keep coming back for more?

In Russian scientist Ivan Pavlov's experiment, what kind of cue was used to test on dogs to determine the Pavlovian Reflex?

Receiving extrinsic rewards (trophies, money, certificates) are more motivational for completing a goal than receiving intrinsic rewards (competence, meaningfulness, progress).

When people can see and track this, they are more motivated to complete their goals.

If you can control your ability to delay gratification at a young age, you are more likely to be successful in school and work as you get older.

[blank_start]Satisfice[blank_end], a term invented by Herbert Simon, is a decision-making process that we use when we decide to pick things that are easy or good enough rather than choosing something that is difficult and requires a lot of energy.

People will use shortcuts to do things even if the shortcuts are harder and take a longer amount of time to do than it would doing it the old normal way.

When someone makes a fundamental attribution error in a situation, they are blaming the characteristics of a person instead of considering what factors?

How many days on average does it take someone to form a habit?

People are more motivated to compete when there are more people to compete against because they have a higher chance of winning.

People like it when things are autonomous and they can do things for themselves, when they want, and how they want. Making autonomy easier at ATMs and self-service checkout lines is a win-win for everybody.

New research shows the dopamine system in our brains causes us to 'want' and 'seek out' more information and it's our opioid system that controls the 'pleasure' and 'satisfaction' the brain feels. Both of these systems keep us addicted to social sites like [blank_start]Facebook[blank_end], [blank_start]Instagram[blank_end], and [blank_start]Twitter[blank_end].