Effect of praise on praiser's motivation

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24653185
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Educational psychology
• Research Institution: Doshisha University
• Principal Investigator: Tanaka Ayumi 同志社大学, 心理学部, 教授 (00373085)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 動機づけ / 達成目標 / ほめ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of praise on the praiser’s motivation. Based on the framework of achievement goal theory, it was hypothesized that praise on ability deteriorates motivation and praise on effort enhances it. It was found that the frequency of ability praise was related negatively with the implicit incremental theory of intelligence (Dweck, 1999), and positively with the implicit entity theory and other-avoidance achievement goals (Elliot, Murayama, & Pekrun, 2011). These results were consistent with findings previously obtained for the individuals who receive praise. More important, the experimental study shows that a decrease in intrinsic motivation was found in the ability praise condition, when compared with the control condition. The results show the effect of praise for the praiser for the first time.

Free Research Field

動機づけ