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Are there Deleterious Effects of Accuracy Motivation and Reward on Intuitive Performance?

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2014, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Ohio University, Experimental Psychology (Arts and Sciences).
Six studies examine the effect of accuracy motivation and reward on intuitive performance. In the first three studies, extrinsic motivation was found to undermine performance on an intuitive performance task. Intuitive accuracy was tested using the Artificial Grammar System. In Study One, participants who were induced into an extrinsic-self mindset performed marginally worse at discriminating letter strings compared to participants induced into an intrinsic-self mindset. In order to encourage extrinsic motivation for Studies Two and Three, participants were told that top performers on the intuition task would receive a $50 gift card. Extrinsically motivated participants discriminated strings significantly lower than control participants (Study 2) and classified strings at chance levels (Study 3). Study Four added a retrieval deadline to the task to minimize conscious control. Accuracy motivation did not improve with the response deadline, so I concluded that extrinsic motivation negatively impacted the implicit components of intuition. Further investigation revealed that fragmented attentional encoding accounted for diminished intuitive performance (Study 5). Last, intrinsic motivation improved intuitive performance (Study 6).
Keith Markman, PhD (Advisor)
Taylor-Bianco Amy, PhD (Committee Chair)
Griffeth Rodger, PhD (Committee Chair)
Vigo Ronaldo, PhD (Committee Chair)
Rios Kim, PhD (Committee Chair)
92 p.

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  • Pinegar, S. K. (2014). Are there Deleterious Effects of Accuracy Motivation and Reward on Intuitive Performance? [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1416486838

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Pinegar, Shannon. Are there Deleterious Effects of Accuracy Motivation and Reward on Intuitive Performance? 2014. Ohio University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1416486838.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Pinegar, Shannon. "Are there Deleterious Effects of Accuracy Motivation and Reward on Intuitive Performance?" Doctoral dissertation, Ohio University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1416486838

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)