Exploratory behavior as a function of motivational orientations and task conditions

Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivational Orientations in the Competitive Context: An Examination of Person–Situation Interactions

“…Previous studies have demonstrated that experimentally induced intrinsically motivated orientations toward tasks can lead individuals to choose to perform more difficult tasks than individuals who are not intrinsically motivated (Koestner, Zuckerman, & Koestner, 1987;Tzuriel & Haywood, 1984) and to verbalize their preference for such tasks (Harter, 1978). Results from the current study were consistent with the notion that an intrinsically motivated orientation is associated with a greater preference for challenge: IMO moderated the linear relationship between relative chess rating and enjoyment, with individuals high in IMO enjoying more difficult games than individuals low in IMO.…”

New Models of Ability Are Needed: New Methods of Assessment Will Be Required.

“…We have also demonstrated positive effects of cognitive education on task-intrinsic motivation, suggesting a bidirectional relation of these variables. For details of these and other studies on the relation of individual differences in intrinsic motivation to a variety of performance criteria, see Haywood (1968aHaywood ( , 1968bHaywood ( , 1971, Haywood and Burke (1977), Haywood and Dobbs (1964), Switzky (1985,1986), Haywood and Wachs (1966), Haywood and Weaver (1967), Switzky and Haywood (1974, 1991, 1992, and Tzuriel and Haywood (1984). For an integrative summary of cognition and intrinsic motivation from a transactional perspective, see Haywood and Switzky (1992) and Haywood, Tzuriel, and Vaught (1992).…”