User:EdwardFarrell

About Me:
My name is Edward Farrell and I am currently studying towards a Bachelor of Science in Psychology at the University of Canberra.

The Overjustification Effect
As part of my enrolment in the Motivation and Emotion unit, I am currently developing a chapter on the Overjustification effect and its effect on motivation.

Social Contributions:

 * 1) Feedback on 'Parental pressure on children to perform in sport':  Recommended that they review the Deci (1971) article on the overjustification effect, as an interesting point to consider regarding the intrinsic motivation of children in sport.   Feedback provided at: 13:33, 3 September 2017 (UTC).
 * 2) Recommended an article for 'Counterfactual thinking motivation: What motivates counterfactual thinking?': The article recommended was Chapter One - The Functional Theory of Counterfactual Thinking: New Evidence, New Challenges, New Insight.  Feedback provided at: 22:34, 21 October 2017 (UTC).
 * 3) Recommend an article for 'Counterfactual thinking motivation: What motivates counterfactual thinking?': the article recommended was one that looked at the correlation between upwards counterfactual thinking and depression. This was to help with the section on cons and the different types of counterfactual thinking.  Feedback provided at 20:06, 24 October 2017 (UTC).