Rethinking the value of choice: A cultural perspective on intrinsic motivation
Rethinking the value of choice: A cultural perspective on intrinsic motivation
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DOI：
10.1037/0022-3514.76.3.349
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发表时间：
1999-03-01
影响因子：
7.6
通讯作者：
Lepper, MR
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作者：
Iyengar, SS;Lepper, MR
传统智慧和数十年的心理学研究将提供选择与更高水平的内在动机、更强的毅力、更好的表现和更高的满足感联系在一起。这项调查考察了这些发现与文化的相关性和局限性，在文化中，个人拥有更多相互依赖的自我模型。在两项研究中，个人选择通常更有利于美国人独立自我的动机，而不是亚洲相互依存的自我动机。此外，无论其他人是权威人士还是同龄人，当别人为他们做选择时，天使美国儿童表现出的内在动机都比他们自己做出选择时要少。相比之下，当受信任的权威人物或同龄人为他们做出选择时，亚裔美国儿童被证明是最具内在动机的。讨论了这些发现的理论和实践意义。
Conventional wisdom and decades of psychological research have linked the provision of choice to increased levels of intrinsic motivation, greater persistence, better performance, and higher satisfaction. This investigation examined the relevance and limitations of these findings for cultures in which individuals possess more interdependent models of the self. In 2 studies, personal choice generally enhanced motivation more for American independent selves than for Asian interdependent selves. In addition, Angle American children showed less intrinsic motivation when choices were made for them by others than when they made their own choices, whether the others were authority figures or peers. In contrast, Asian American children proved most intrinsically motivated when choices were made for them by trusted authority figures or peers. Theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed.