Landry et al.

Question 1

Context of Landry

Answer 1

Monetary rewards are extrinsic factors, but:

1. if given positive functional meaning: psych needs met, mot + performance increase
2. if seen as controlling rewards: psych needs X met, mot + perf. decrease

Question 2

Aim of Landry

Answer 2

to explain effect of monetary reward on employees’ motivation and performance

Question 3

Hypothesis of Landry

Answer 3

1. presenting rewards in informational way = greater performance, presenting in controlling way = lower performance

Question 4

Research method(s) and design of Landry

Answer 4

RM: experiment
Design: ind. measures
Data collection technique:
* performance on anagram-solving task
* self-report questionnaires

Question 5

IV of Landry

Answer 5

informational/controlling paragraph

Question 6

DV of Landry

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• performance on 25-letter anagrams
• 7-point Likert scale on how well psych needs were satisfied/frustrated
• 7-point Situational Motivation Scale measuring int & ext mot.

Question 7

CV of Landry

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3-point rating scale on how valuable the reward was personally

Question 8

Sample of Landry

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volunteer sample of 123 Canadian students
* mean age: 20 yrs
* 60% female

Question 9

Procedure of Landry

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1. Ppts read their allocated instruction paragraph about the task and reward
2. given 2min to solve anagrams
3. Completed Likert scale and SMS
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