Browsing Undergraduate Honors Program - Psychological Sciences by Subject "Motivation (Psychology)"

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    • Appraisal in Positive Emotion: Differentiation Between Hope and Challenge/Determination 
      Garden, Rebecca (Vanderbilt University, 2011-04-08)
      The object of this study was to test individual differentiation between the emotions Hope and Challenge/Determination in terms of motivational, cognitive, and behavioral components. The former emotion requires a more ...
    • Flow and Life Satisfaction 
      Stimmel, Harrison (Vanderbilt University, 2012-04-18)
      Through a 30 question survey, I aim to examine flow experiences as a positive emotion-inducing activity and how individuals respond to these events. The survey targets the relationship between momentary happiness and life ...
    • Working to win vs. working to keep: Prospect Theory and effort-based decision-making in humans 
      Roman, Olivia C. (Vanderbilt University, 2012-04-03)
      Reward processing studies of anhedonia have provided a great deal of support to the idea that this common symptom of depression and schizophrenia is characterized in part by decreased motivation to pursue rewards. However, ...