MOTIVATIONAL AND INCENTIVE FACTORS IN SOCIALLY INFLUENCED BEHAVIOR

Abstract

Effort was directed toward the exploration of motivational factors underlying the occurrence of conforming behavior and their interactions with a variety of situational or conditional factors. A major conjunct goal of this researc is to clarify a distinction between two major processes in socially influenced behavior: (1) a normative or agreement-seeking process, and (2) an informational or information-seeking process. A large volume of data were collected for preliminary investigation of correlations between certain standard motivational and person-ALITY ASSESSMENT DEVICES AND EMPIRICAL LABORATORY MEASURES OF CONFORMING BEHAVIOR. One specific exploration of the relationship between particular motivational factors (achievement and affiliation motivation) and one situational factor (task difficulty or ambiguity) was completed. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0290262

Entities

People

  • John W. Mcdavid

Organizations

  • University of Miami

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Ambiguity
  • Behavior And Behavior Mechanisms
  • Motivation
  • Standards

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Organizational Psychology.
  • Systems Analysis and Design