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Responses to Success: Seeking Pleasant Experiences before a Task Is Complete?
Although engaging in pleasant experiences following successful performance may be hedonically rewarding, in the present research we proposed that individuals might forego pleasant experiences when they have not yet completed a task. In Study 1 (N = 100), participants reported the extent to which the...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4546587/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26295350 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0135952 |
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author | Schall, Marina Goetz, Thomas Martiny, Sarah E. Maymon, Rebecca |
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description | Although engaging in pleasant experiences following successful performance may be hedonically rewarding, in the present research we proposed that individuals might forego pleasant experiences when they have not yet completed a task. In Study 1 (N = 100), participants reported the extent to which they would like to engage in pleasant experiences in a hypothetical situation where their performance outcome on a task (successful vs. average) and task completion (task in progress vs. completed) were manipulated. In Study 2 (N = 115), participants were in a real situation in which they achieved either a successful or average performance outcome. Task completion was manipulated (task in progress vs. completed) and motivation to engage in a pleasant experience was assessed by a behavioral measure. Results of both studies provided support for our prediction by showing individuals to have a lower desire to engage in pleasant experiences following successful, but not average, performance when the task was in progress than when it was complete. These findings are discussed in light of the underlying mechanisms and consequences of the tendency to forego pleasant experiences. |
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spelling | pubmed-45465872015-09-01 Responses to Success: Seeking Pleasant Experiences before a Task Is Complete? Schall, Marina Goetz, Thomas Martiny, Sarah E. Maymon, Rebecca PLoS One Research Article Although engaging in pleasant experiences following successful performance may be hedonically rewarding, in the present research we proposed that individuals might forego pleasant experiences when they have not yet completed a task. In Study 1 (N = 100), participants reported the extent to which they would like to engage in pleasant experiences in a hypothetical situation where their performance outcome on a task (successful vs. average) and task completion (task in progress vs. completed) were manipulated. In Study 2 (N = 115), participants were in a real situation in which they achieved either a successful or average performance outcome. Task completion was manipulated (task in progress vs. completed) and motivation to engage in a pleasant experience was assessed by a behavioral measure. Results of both studies provided support for our prediction by showing individuals to have a lower desire to engage in pleasant experiences following successful, but not average, performance when the task was in progress than when it was complete. These findings are discussed in light of the underlying mechanisms and consequences of the tendency to forego pleasant experiences. Public Library of Science 2015-08-21 /pmc/articles/PMC4546587/ /pubmed/26295350 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0135952 Text en © 2015 Schall et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Schall, Marina Goetz, Thomas Martiny, Sarah E. Maymon, Rebecca Responses to Success: Seeking Pleasant Experiences before a Task Is Complete? |
title | Responses to Success: Seeking Pleasant Experiences before a Task Is Complete? |
title_full | Responses to Success: Seeking Pleasant Experiences before a Task Is Complete? |
title_fullStr | Responses to Success: Seeking Pleasant Experiences before a Task Is Complete? |
title_full_unstemmed | Responses to Success: Seeking Pleasant Experiences before a Task Is Complete? |
title_short | Responses to Success: Seeking Pleasant Experiences before a Task Is Complete? |
title_sort | responses to success: seeking pleasant experiences before a task is complete? |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4546587/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26295350 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0135952 |
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