Interventions that encourage students to attribute academic failure to controllable factors could help boost graduation rates. More

Interventions that encourage students to attribute academic failure to controllable factors could help boost graduation rates. More

Children are more likely to control their immediate impulses when they and a peer rely on each other to get a reward than when they’re left to their own willpower, new research indicates. More

Children are more likely to control their immediate impulses when they and a peer rely on each other to get a reward than when they’re left to their own willpower, new research indicates. More

What keeps us invested in working for more than just a paycheck? From Maslow’s hierarchy of needs to self-determination theory, researchers are drawing on psychological science to understand the factors that keep employees engaged. More

What keeps us invested in working for more than just a paycheck? From Maslow’s hierarchy of needs to self-determination theory, researchers are drawing on psychological science to understand the factors that keep employees engaged. More

People with a growth attitude may explore different interests and fight through challenges and setbacks, helping them to learn to love what they do, researchers find. More

People with a growth attitude may explore different interests and fight through challenges and setbacks, helping them to learn to love what they do, researchers find. More

Employees can shape their environments to improve their experience at work and their performance. More

Employees can shape their environments to improve their experience at work and their performance. More

To craft motivating messages, you need to know which side your target audience is on: the favorite or the underdog. More

To craft motivating messages, you need to know which side your target audience is on: the favorite or the underdog. More

Putting in a lot of effort to earn a reward can make unappealing prizes more attractive to kindergartners, but not to preschoolers, according to research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. The findings revealed that when 6-year-olds worked hard to earn stickers that they More

Putting in a lot of effort to earn a reward can make unappealing prizes more attractive to kindergartners, but not to preschoolers, according to research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. The findings revealed that when 6-year-olds worked hard to earn stickers that they More

People are more motivated to pursue a new goal, like hitting the gym or saving for retirement, on specific dates. More

People are more motivated to pursue a new goal, like hitting the gym or saving for retirement, on specific dates. More