The Role of Utility Value in Promoting Interest Development.
The Role of Utility Value in Promoting Interest Development.
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效用价值对利益发展的促进作用。
DOI：
10.1037/mot0000182
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发表时间：
2021-03
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Harackiewicz, Judith M
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作者：
Hecht, Cameron A;Grande, Matthew R;Harackiewicz, Judith M
一个人最初对某个话题的兴趣可能会很快消退，也可能会变得更深更持久。可能支持新兴兴趣的一个因素是发现主题中的实用价值(或有用性)。强调一个主题的实用价值的教学材料可以促进学习和动机，但这些材料是否能促进对某个主题表现出初步兴趣的个人的兴趣发展还不确定。在两项研究中，我们测试了效用-价值操纵，在我们期望操纵促进兴趣发展的条件下。在研究1中，我们操纵了参与者在学习过程中是否收到了效用价值信息，并发现这些信息触发了参与者的兴趣状态，这些参与者在课程开始时报告了更高的兴趣水平。在研究2中，我们向所有参与者提供了与研究1中一些学生相同的效用价值信息，然后操纵他们是否写了关于任务效用价值的三种文章中的一种(或控制主题)。对于兴趣较高的参与者，我们发现，随后对材料在远期(而不是现在或近期)写作活动中的有用性的思考进一步促进了兴趣的发展。此外，从事任何类型的实用价值写作都可以提高材料测试的表现--总体上，尤其是对信心较差的参与者--复制之前的研究。研究结果表明，在适当的条件下，强调效用价值可以催化利益的发展过程。
An individual’s initial interest in a topic may quickly fade, or it may become deeper and more enduring. One factor that may support an emerging interest is to discover utility value (or usefulness) in the topic. Instructional materials that emphasize the utility value of a topic can enhance learning and motivation, but whether these materials can foster interest development among individuals who show initial interest in a topic is uncertain. Across two studies, we tested utility-value manipulations under conditions in which we expected the manipulations to promote the development of interest. In Study 1, we manipulated whether participants received utility-value information during a learning session and found that such information triggered a state of interest for participants who had reported higher levels of interest at the outset of the session. In Study 2, we provided all participants with the same utility-value information provided to some students in Study 1, and then manipulated whether they wrote one of three kinds of essays about the utility value of the task (or a control topic). For participants with higher interest, we found that subsequent reflection on the usefulness of the material for the distant future in a writing activity (rather than the present or near future) further promoted interest development. In addition, engaging in any type of utility-value writing improved performance on a test of the material – overall, and specifically for less confident participants – replicating previous research. Findings suggest that, under the right conditions, emphasizing utility value can catalyze the interest-development process.