The Effects of Framing in Gamification A Study of Failure /

• Main Author: Brühlmann, Florian (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: BestMasters
• Subjects: Psychology.; Cognitive psychology.; Cognitive Psychology.; Industrial and Organizational Psychology.; General Psychology.

The author shows that – contradicting the findings of Lieberoth (2015) – simply framing an activity as a game does not increase intrinsic motivation of the participants in a difficult puzzle task. Moreover, for participants who failed at the puzzle, it does not make any difference in terms of intrin...

Table of Contents:

• The Perspective of Self-Determination Theory
• The Role of Context in the Perception of Feedback
• Failing and Uncertainty in Games
• Two Experiments Testing the Effects of Framing on Motivation
• Implications for Theory and Design of Gamification.