News tagged with motivation
Trusting Tiger Woods: How do facial cues affect preference and trust?
People respond to facial cues and this affects their level of trust, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research that looks at the way consumers react to morphed photo images.
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May 16, 2012 |
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Sticking to our goals: What's the best approach for success?
Consumers have an easier time starting toward a goal than finishing it, but according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research, a shift in attention can make all the difference in reaching the finish line.
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Apr 16, 2012 |
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Runner's high motivated the evolution of exercise
In the last century something unexpected happened: humans became sedentary. We traded in our active lifestyles for a more immobile existence. But these were not the conditions under which we evolved. David Raichlen from the ...
Mar 22, 2012 |
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When does planning NOT help consumers gain self-control?
Planning your diet won't really help you gain self-control unless you're feeling good about your weight in the first place, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. And the same goes for saving money. ...
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Mar 15, 2012 |
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Social network Path runs with Nike
Intimate social network Path has kept its stride after a privacy stumble and on Friday began running with Nike.
Mar 09, 2012 |
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A nation of frustrated home-movers
The downturn in the housing market in the last three years has left the UK a nation of frustrated, unfulfilled house-movers, according to the latest data from Understanding Society, a study of 40,000 UK households funded ...
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Mar 06, 2012 |
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If consumers are close to fitness goals, do they prefer a larger or limited variety of products?
Consumers who believe they are making progress toward their goals are motivated by limited product variety, unlike people who think they are further from their goals, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Re ...
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Nov 15, 2011 |
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High social status makes people more trusting, study finds
When you start a new job, your boss may be more likely to trust you than you are to trust him or her, a new study suggests.
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Sep 28, 2011 |
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Parents need an attitude adjustment to improve their children's homework motivation
Parents who want to improve their child's motivation to complete homework this school year need to change their own attitude and behavior, according to a new study by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers.
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Aug 31, 2011 |
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How do consumers revise their unreachable goals?
Most consumers spend their lives setting -- and revising -- goals. Authors of a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research have unveiled a new model that captures the dynamics of goal revision.
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Aug 10, 2011 |
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Study shows connection between academic direction and student learning
A Kansas State University professor is helping students improve their confidence and academic performance by creating a map of learning.
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Aug 08, 2011 |
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Connection not conflict is the best way forward
In the introduction to a new book Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen urges governments to focus on commonalities rather than differences.
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Jun 21, 2011 |
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Cocaine images capture motivated attention among users
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and Stony Brook University (SBU) have conducted the most comprehensive study to date of how cocaine users respond ...
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Apr 04, 2011 |
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Death anxiety prompts people to believe in intelligent design, reject evolution: research
Researchers at the University of British Columbia and Union College (Schenectady, N.Y.) have found that people's death anxiety can influence them to support theories of intelligent design and reject evolutionary theory.
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Mar 30, 2011 |
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Report into well-being and inclusion of former politically motivated prisoners
The first major study of the wellbeing and inclusion of former politically motivated prisoners in Northern Ireland will be launched by Queen's University today (Monday 14 March).
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Mar 14, 2011 |
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Motivation
Motivation is the internal condition that activates behavior and gives it direction; energizes and directs goal-oriented behavior. The term is generally used for human motivation but, theoretically, it can be used to describe the causes for animal behavior as well. This article refers to human motivation. According to various theories, motivation may be rooted in the basic need to minimize physical pain and maximize pleasure, or it may include specific needs such as eating and resting, or a desired object, hobby, goal, state of being, ideal, or it may be attributed to less-apparent reasons such as altruism, morality, or avoiding mortality.
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