Motivational Factors in Routine Performance

Motivational Factors in Routine Performance
Number of observations per condition	Size of testing subgroups	Length of testing task
between 1-100 subjects	1 (Individual testing) 2 people per session 5 people per session 10 people per session 25 people per session 50 people per session 100 people per session	10 minutes 20 minutes 30 minutes 40 minutes 50 minutes 60 minutes
Difficulty of the task	Presentation of instructions	Control variables
Simple: one-step addition and subtraction with small numbers Moderate: two-step addition and subtraction Difficult: multi-step problems requiring frequent switches from addition to subtraction	Simply explain the task Emphasize the importance of the study for science Emphasize the ability of the subject Present the study as unimportant	NACH, need for achievement NAFF, need for affiliation FEARF, fear of failure
Need for affiliation	Fear of failure	Need for achievement
High Medium Low Evenly distributed	High Medium Low Evenly distributed	High Medium Low Evenly distributed
Year in school	Sex of the experimenter	Sex of subjects
Freshperson Sophomore Junior Senior Random selection	Male Female	Male Female Approximately 50-50 male-female Random selection
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Revised: 9 September 1996
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