motivation

They worry they’ll get complacent, accept mediocrity, and lack the motivation to change and grow.

People who help others do not necessarily want to be rewarded for this. But a reward can motivate low-empathic individuals to provide help.

The results of the study, which included 10 patients, were published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry.

Many parents struggle to motivate their kids to study, and this has nothing to do with their parenting skills at all.

You can’t control the world or other people; however, what you can do is learn how to react and control your responses.

In the majority of situations, people keep many secrets from each other.

Everyone seeks or has sought to achieve something. Yet, few of us are aware of, or have been taught about, the full psychology of achievement.

People like to take the path of least resistance when it comes to cognitive effort – a common assumption in cognitive psychology.

The research finds that this can be overcome by an employee’s state of mind.

Tom Thibodeau had a seemingly lengthy task of rebuilding the New York Knicks when he was hired as the team’s new head coach before the 2020–21 season.

It is widely documented in the sport psychology literature that it plays a very significant role in achieving success.

Most people’s minds are full of decisions, comparisons, regrets, worries and anxieties.

The failure to use self-control is a problem that humans face every day, but we know little about the cognitive processes that lie beneath it.

When employees feel psychologically unsafe, they are more likely to look for new employment.

How do we decide whether or not an activity which requires work is ‘worth the effort’?