Research Results

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Research Results

• Self esteems affect on motivation

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Times for Trials
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Average Times

• Low Self-Esteem
• 810 min.
• Neutral
• 1757 min.
• High Self-Esteem
• 1720 min.

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Data Summary

• There was a dramatic difference in the times
  between subjects in the low self-esteem group and
  the other two groups.
• The neutral group and high self-esteem group
  results were less then a minute apart.

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Interesting Facts

• The only subject who tried at the unsolvable
  problem long enough for the time to run out was
  in the Neutral group.
• The Neutral groups times for the first two test
  were within a minute of each other.
• The Low Self-Esteem groups times for the first
  two test went down after the first test.
• The High Self-Esteem groups times for the first
  two test went up after the first test.

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Information from Testers

• How did subjects respond to your actions?
• Did their behavior change throughout the test?
• Anything interesting about testing that you would
  like to share with the class?

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Comparing Our Test

• Other test of motivation