Motivation and emotion/Questions

2011

Tutorial 4

1. What motivates retention of staff in lifestyle aversive occupations (e.g. chef apprenticeships etc).
2. What motivates somebody to complete boring tasks? e.g. phone surveys. How to promote the social conscience.
3. What motivates achievement orientation in sports and good vs bad behaviour?
4. What creates a good supportive team environment in the sporting context?
5. What motivates socially active groups to focus on group goal vs individual goals?
6. What motivates people to seek a lot of social interaction as opposed to a little?

2010

These are some interesting questions about motivation and emotion that students generated in 2010.

Tutorial 1

1. Why do people self-sabotage?
2. What are the motivations behind group formation and social interaction?
3. What motivates behaviour in the workplace?
4. To what extent can you read emotions through non-verbal cues?
5. What motivates someone to commit adultery?
6. What drives someone to jealousy?
7. How to sustain motivation when working towards a goal?
8. What motivates high achievement and performance (e.g., education, sport)?
9. To what extent are emotions controllable? (Emotional regulation, Emotional control)
10. What is the difference in emotional responses between males and females when engaged in sexual activity?
11. Why do people engage in risk-taking behaviours?

Tutorial 2

1. How do you think our fatigue affects our motivation?
2. What are the emotional motivators of gambling?
3. What are the biological drivers of sexual motivation?
4. What motivates an individual to think positively?
5. Why do people commit crimes?
6. Why do some people over-eat and why some people under-eat?
7. How do people manage emotions?
8. What are the influencers behind social loafing and group cooperation?
9. What motivates people to commit adultery?

Tutorial 3

1. What are the motivational and emotional contributors to addiction and self-sabotaging?
2. How much of emotion and motivation is influenced by genes vs. life experience?
3. Why does one goal seem so strong and prevailing in one minute and become unimportant or less salient in the next minute?
4. What makes some people high achievers?
5. What motivates a suicide bomber?