Primary Interests:
- Applied Social Psychology
- Interpersonal Processes
- Motivation, Goal Setting
- Personality, Individual Differences
- Social Cognition
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Judith Harackiewicz |
I am interested in human motivation, specifically intrinsic motivation and achievement motivation. I study how different kinds of performance evaluation and feedback influence an individual's interest in an activity, and how interest develops over time. For example, I study how goal-setting, rewards, and competition influence task enjoyment, and how personality variables moderate these effects. I am also interested in motivational issues in educational psychology, and have recently become interested in the role of utility value perceptions in promoting interest and performance. In longitudinal work, I am exploring the role of parents in promoting their teens' perception of value in STEM courses, and the consequences for interest and course taking decisions. My graduate students and I do experimental laboratory studies as well as longitudinal studies.
I recently completed a term as Editor of Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
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Judith Harackiewicz
Department of Psychology
University of Wisconsin
1202 West Johnson Street
Madison, WI 53706-1696
United States
Phone: (608) 262-5924
Fax: (608) 262-4029