This report is based on an experiment that we basically conducted to understand motivation for different types of people. The idea was to analyze and record people’s behavior under various circumstances to understand the link between motivation and rewards.
In order to conduct the experiment, we gathered fifteen participants to make origami birds under three conditions – Acknowledged, Ignored and Shredded. These participants were mostly the students of IOBM; their reactions were recorded by us as an evidence to this experiment and to further analyze them for better results of the experiment. Different people depicted different behaviors based on their learnings, expectations, ideas, effort put into the task etc.
We found out that incentives do motivate people undoubtedly to perform their given tasks but up to certain level only, especially if they are not …show more content…
This experiment was conducted in a controlled environment to ensure the maximum adequate results. The chosen population was majorly our youth to measure their motivation level and how their behavior changes with the change in consequences. Three conditions were applied for this experiment – Acknowledged, Ignored and Shredded. There were a total of 15 participants – Five for each condition mentioned above. To conduct the experiment, Participants were first given a simple demonstration for making an Origami Bird and then the experimenters carried on with the three conditions of the experiment. For the acknowledged condition, participants were praised for the work they did and their origami birds were hung on a wall to make them feel even happier. For the Ignored condition, the origami birds made by the participants were simply ignored and put under a chair to show ignorance of their work and lastly, in the shredded condition, origami birds were simply torn into pieces in front of the