Empirical tests of motivation theories tend to be simple, obvious tests of statistical relationships between constructs and their antecedents and outcomes, making supporting evidence easy to obtain¶
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q1 i? Because existing motivation theories are underspecified, strong tests are difficult and empirical tests consist of simple and rather obvious statistical relationship tests. → Murayama 2025
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Murayama, K., & von Keyserlingk, L. (2025). A critical analysis of the current motivation theories in educational psychology: Why the same theories continue to dominate. https://doi.org/10.1080/00461520.2025.2473894
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Theoretical argument from the abstract: because the theories "lack a detailed account of the dynamic causal mechanisms", strong tests are difficult and empirical work defaults to testing construct-antecedent and construct-outcome correlations, which have high odds of producing supporting evidence.
"the theories are somewhat underspecified and lack a detailed account of the dynamic causal mechanisms that underpin motivated behavior. Thus, strong tests of these theories are difficult, and empirical tests of the theories tend to consist of simple and rather obvious tests of statistical relationships"
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Empirical tests of motivation theories tend to be simple, obvious tests of statistical relationships between constructs and their antecedents and outcomes, making supporting evidence easy to obtain |
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Empirical tests of motivation theories tend to be simple, obvious tests of statistical relationships between constructs and their antecedents and outcomes, making supporting evidence easy to obtain |
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