PSYC 471 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Polygamy, Soviet Central Asia, Motivation
13 Apr 2018
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Central africa has the highest percentage of arranged marriages. A good proportion are forced or child marriages. India, pakistan, middle asia and brazil also have high percentages. Polygamous marriages= having more than 1 wife. Indian man who lived in new york went back to india to have an arranged marriage to a woman. Went to best public high school and ivy league university. Didn"t date very much, majored in social sciences. After graduating and getting work with a good salary, he let his mother arrange his marriage. He decided to marry the girl his mother had chosen. Koestner met his wife at a bookstore. Making a choice was central to feeling volitional and autonomous. Personalization and choice lead to higher motivation and performance. Kids are randomly assigned to conditions eg. choice no choice. Kids given choice displayed twice as much intrinsic motivation. Study involved a math game and operations:
