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Paul Ekman suggests that in near-accidents, fear motivates people to hit their car brakes. Is the fear response fast enough to do this?
This was much longer than I expected! There's quite a bit of ground to cover, but I try to go over it quickly.
So, there are two implicit theoretical assumptions in your question:
We have an "affect ...
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What is the motivation model behind StackExchange?
The short answer is that anyone who gives you a short answer should be treated with suspicion. ;-p
The StackExchange was founded in 2008, and has seen a lot of changes since that time. That has ...
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What are the real motives of people helping to each other?
TLDR
While I have provided a full answer explaining Karpman's Drama Triangle, you can skip that and go to the last heading (Your question).
Basis of my answer
If you are approaching this question as a ...
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What is the neurological basis of maintaining self discipline?
Studies have shown that some people can mentally isolate stressors so that they do not affect performance in other areas. This is sometimes referred to as isolating or repressing the memory of the ...
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Problems with using personal feedback to motivate participation in an online psychological experiment?
Ethics of Feedback:
The APA's code of ethics (2010) as well as the Advisory Group on Conducting Research on the Internet (AGCRI) report (2004) summarize ethical issues related to conducting offline ...
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Questionnaire regarding the motivation to be physically active
David Markland's website has several related questionnaires and scales that are available for research use. The Behavioural Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire seems like a good fit:
The Behavioural ...
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Does motivation and interest correlate highly with IQ and can someone be smart but perform poorly in a particular field?
Intelligence refers to a general cognitive capacity, it does not refer to knowledge in specific fields of study. This means that yes, it is possible to have high intelligence but have low knowledge / ...
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Why do some people refuse to wear their seat belt while being aware of the risks?
I think this is a rather difficult question to answer. Psychology Today sums up some interesting reasons why people totally aware of the risks involved in not wearing a seat belt (or in smoking ...
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Does evidence support Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs?
While many consider Maslow’s hierarchy of needs to be pseudoscientific, there is a paper which suggests there is empirical support for the theory.
Maslow's hierarchy of basic human needs provides a ...
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Where does action based on thought originate within the human brain?
There are many areas of the brain that are associated with planning complex behavior. This is because planning and executing are mediated by the brain's capacity for executive functioning, and EF is ...
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Social loafing vs. Free riding
You are correct in that these terms are very close in definition, but terminology is not just about identifying a concept. Terminology is also about identifying the perspective from which you will ...
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Is there any update on the hypothesis on primary emotions corresponding on "love"?
This hypothesis relies on a number of ideas that are difficult to defend in light of the past decade of emotion research.
Most notably, there is almost no evidence of modular "emotion systems" in the ...
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Why our brain can't fool itself to constantly produce dopamine?
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Continuous activation of the reward system leads to habituation and hence a downregulation of the pleasure feelings. Further, a continuous euphoric state is a potentially harmful state, ...
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What hormones stimulate non-sexual intimate behaviour?
But I'm wondering if any of these hormones are linked with physically intimate non-sexual behaviour, like hugs, kisses and cuddles.
Kissing is a little messy because it could be characterised as ...
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What is the motivation model behind StackExchange?
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The Stack Exchange model is based on gamification. Gamified environments typically deploy incremental rewards that tap into the brain's reward system, making these applications addictive, ...
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Have ideas of "gamification" been applied to education?
I would also add this paper, which includes a critical discussion of the concept and proposes a working-definition for gamification in educational settings:
R. Rughinis, 2013, Gamification for ...
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Why does clickbait use numbers?
Digital Marketing often produces 'content' for users to consume.
That content is ment to catch and keep the attention of the user, in an attempt to make the user trust and follow the sender (usually ...
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Is procrastination associated with overweight?
No. An association between overweight and procrastination appears to have no direct empirical support to speak of.
The most direct evidence I can find on the matter was a study into industrial ...
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What's the optimal way to space out rewards in order to maximise motivation?
To add gaming element to education, you have two options:
Look at currently successful examples of products that gamify learning
Check most successful mobile games (short engagement times)
Here are ...
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Provable ROI for call center rest periods?
This is the paper you would want to read on this topic. The paper empirically compares four modes of managing interruptions. It is a great (and long) read so I'll try to summarize the bit for you:
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Disprove that Humans are selfish
Giving a dollar to homeless people on the street serves no aid to the donor, since the only difference is who has that dollar, and clearly to have the dollar is better than not.
This action is ...
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Does suppressing a desire make it more powerful?
First of all, your question title asks about suppression, and your question in the main text asks
what empirical evidence exists to support the notion that repressed desires will make them stronger?
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Can we really motivate ourselves "on-demand"?
There is not much possibility to talk yourself into being motivated. However, personal narratives can help us redirect our motivations or manage them more productively. To take this more abstractly, ...
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What can reduce the cognitive abilities in a common workplace?
Your question can only be answered if asked to the fields of human knowledge that deal with humans and their activities: ergonomics, psychology, social sciences, human-computer interaction, etc... ...
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