Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance · chapter 11 · id grit-c11-03-bob-eisenbergers-theory-of-lea
“Bob Eisenberger's theory of learned industriousness shows that when effort is rewarded, the sensation of effort itself becomes less aversive, leading to greater effort across tasks.”
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Eisenberger (1992), Psychological Review - Learned Industriousnesssource alive
The pairing of reinforcers with effortful exertion conditions the sensation of effort to take on secondary reward properties, reducing the aversiveness of effort.
Wikipedia - Learned Industriousnesssource alive
Learned industriousness theory proposes that reinforced effort generalizes across tasks, creating individual differences in work ethic.
PMC (2015) - Test of learned industriousness in physical activitysource alive
Cross-domain generalization of effort was largely evident only when training and posttest were within the same domain, limiting the scope of the generalization claim.
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