Motivation and emotion/Questions

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?