Invited Talk
The Psychology of Learning and Motivation
| Chair:
Art Markman
[Email Presenter]
University of Texas at Austin |
Successful learning and performance is determined by the interaction between people’s motivational state and the reward structure of the task, which determines the degree of cognitive flexibility they bring to a task. This work has implications for phenomena such as choking and excelling under pressure and reactions to stereotype threat.
2010 Program Committee
Tyler S. Lorig, Washington and Lee University (Chair); Nalini Ambady, Tufts University; Abigail Baird, Vassar College; Sian Beilock, University of Chicago; Daniel Klein, State University of New York, Stony Brook; Richard Lewis, Pomona College; Kris Preacher, University of Kansas; Deidra Schleicher, Purdue University; Timothy Strauman, Duke University; Tracy Zinn, James Madison University