In this final blog I will evaluate intrinsic motivation and how blog writing have increased my motivation for active learning however also argue that grades as external rewards are detrimental for this intrinsically motivated behaviour. , and Tirole, J. The Review of Economic Studies. John Wiley and Sons, Inc.

Goal Contents Theory in SDT. Overall blogging could help encourage students to learn more effectively as the feeling of community might help it easier to write about areas of interest for the individual by making the students feel part of a group such as a module. However it should be noted this could also lead to the opposite effect regarding personal motives such as extrinsically motivated goals.

One Example of this would be this newspaper article which suggests the rioters, who criminally damaged properties and injured many people, may not have had the power to stop their behaviours due to a lower level of a chemical in their brains which keeps impulsive behaviour under control, somehow trying to justify their appalling behaviour last summer.

The Bystander effect is social deficit in which a person is less likely to help a person in need, if there is a larger group around, saving themselves from distress. There are many famous cases which the bystander effect has led to disastrous events, which may have resulted in the death of a person. Diffusion of responsibility applies in these situations as a person believes that if there is a larger group, their responsibility to help is lowered.

Is Facebook creating a narcissistic generation? With each generation becoming more immersed in social networking sites such as Facebook, the worry of a narcissistic generation is becoming apparent. However, due to the correlations being.

The title of the article is Can Playing the Computer Game Tetris Reduce the Build-Up of Flashbacks for Trauma? A Proposal from Cognitive Science. This seemed an excellent idea, until I read it. CONTROL GROUPS ARE TOO HEALTHY? March 25, 2012.

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The fear of clowns is known as Coulrophobia, not being a sufferer myself I wondered what it is about clowns that scare people. I thought that maybe people had a fear due to the fact that you cannot tell the emotion behind the clowns painted face and therefore making them unpredictable. This is supported by Micheal Quintons 2011 article on coulrohphobia.

The difference between a case study and a single case design. Is music a distraction? February 22, 2012.

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