ICPS

2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021

Is Draining Task Really Draining You? It Depends on Your Mindset.

Virtual · May 2021

Posters · Social Psychology

  • Fei Xie
    Wake Forest University
  • Chenqi Xu
    University of Toronto Scarborough
  • Xuecheng Song
    Individual Researcher
  • Pufan Huang
    Columbia University

Abstract

Results across two experiments showed that, when doing tasks usually considered as draining, like trivial or repetitive ones, participants motivation did decrease when they hold a draining mindset. However, for people hold a fueling mindset, believing that such tasks could be interesting, their motivation kept at a moderate level.

Motivation