You must be creative! The effect of performance feedback on intrinsic motivation and creativity
| dc.contributor | Bergman, Mindy E | |
| dc.creator | Benzer, Justin Kane | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2010-01-15T00:00:53Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2010-01-16T00:56:51Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-04-07T19:55:36Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2010-01-15T00:00:53Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2010-01-16T00:56:51Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-04-07T19:55:36Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2006-12 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2009-05-15 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Feedback sign (positive, negative, or no feedback sign) and feedback style (autonomous, controlling, or no feedback style) were manipulated in a 3x3 repeated measures design. Two hundred thirty-three undergraduate students from introductory psychology classes completed measures of perceived competence, perceived choice, and interest over four time periods. Interest was regressed on perceived competence, perceived choice, and a moderation analysis revealed that perceived choice moderated the effect of perceived competence on interest. Creative answers to open-ended problems were assessed after time 2 (before feedback), and after time 3 (after feedback). Feedback style (autonomous, controlled, and neutral) and Feedback sign (positive, negative, and neutral) manipulations were analyzed using a 3x3 ANOVA, revealing no effect of feedback. Post-hoc analyses using perceived difficulty of the first creative problem as a covariate revealed an interaction of feedback style and difficulty, limiting between subjects analyses. Creativity was also regressed on interest. Pre-feedback interest predicted creativity according to expectations, but post-feedback interest did not predict creativity. Creativity did predict post-performance interest, possibly implying that interest is not a valid proxy for intrinsic motivation in within-subjects designs. Future studies should test the proposition that feedback affects intrinsic motivation, which in turn affects creative performance, and creative performance affects interest. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1188 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.subject | creativity | |
| dc.subject | self-determination | |
| dc.subject | intrinsic motivation | |
| dc.subject | feedback | |
| dc.title | You must be creative! The effect of performance feedback on intrinsic motivation and creativity | |
| dc.type | Book | |
| dc.type | Thesis |