Avoidance Motivation and Cognitive Performance
| dc.contributor.advisor | Trujillo, Logan | |
| dc.contributor.author | Tuffentsamer, Dakota | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Oberle, Crystal | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Westerberg, Carmen | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-02-11T21:44:45Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-02-11T21:44:45Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-12 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Past research has found that avoidance motivation can be induced by red color priming and has a detrimental effect on cognitive performance. It has also been found that when put in a state of ego-depletion, one also performs worse on a cognitively demanding task. The present study sought to determine if an unconscious presentation of the color red is enough to induce avoidance motivation, as well as to check how ego-depletion plays a role in moderating this effect on an anagram task. The results from this experiment do not support the hypothesis and no effect of either avoidance motivation nor ego-depletion had a significant effect on cognitive performance. | |
| dc.description.department | Psychology | |
| dc.format | Text | |
| dc.format.extent | 44 pages | |
| dc.format.medium | 1 file (.pdf) | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Tuffentsamer, D. (2018). <i>Avoidance motivation and cognitive performance</i> (Unpublished thesis). Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10877/7862 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.subject | Cognition | |
| dc.subject | Perception | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Avoidance (Psychology) | en_US |
| dc.title | Avoidance Motivation and Cognitive Performance | |
| dc.type | Thesis | |
| thesis.degree.department | Psychology | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Psychological Research | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Texas State University | |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Arts |