Academic Discounting: A Study of Delayed Discounting and Its Effect on Study Habits and Academic Performance - Couverture souple

Spooner, Mary; Schwarz, Joshua

 
9783846500712: Academic Discounting: A Study of Delayed Discounting and Its Effect on Study Habits and Academic Performance
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3846500712 ISBN 13 : 9783846500712
Editeur : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

This paper attempts to look at a person’s preference for future vs. immediate rewards, and see if this has any correlation to the individual’s academic achievement. The generally held principle is that most people would choose to receive something of value now, rather than wait to receive the same valued amount in the future; however, what if an individual is asked to choose between obtaining a single reward today or waiting for a larger reward at some determined point in the future? What is the reward amount or time duration necessary to make an individual choose the future reward over the present reward? Does this preference for future or present rewards, and the subsequent ability to choose one over the other have any influence on an individual’s choices in other aspects of his/her life? OUr first step is to first create a survey that can accurately determine the point at which different individuals choose between immediate and future rewards and what type of question is the best way to establish this level. We will then use this ascertained level to see if there is any correlation to academic performance.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This paper attempts to look at a person’s preference for future vs. immediate rewards, and see if this has any correlation to the individual’s academic achievement. The generally held principle is that most people would choose to receive something of value now, rather than wait to receive the same valued amount in the future; however, what if an individual is asked to choose between obtaining a single reward today or waiting for a larger reward at some determined point in the future? What is the reward amount or time duration necessary to make an individual choose the future reward over the present reward? Does this preference for future or present rewards, and the subsequent ability to choose one over the other have any influence on an individual’s choices in other aspects of his/her life? OUr first step is to first create a survey that can accurately determine the point at which different individuals choose between immediate and future rewards and what type of question is the best way to establish this level. We will then use this ascertained level to see if there is any correlation to academic performance.

Biographie de l'auteur

Mary Spooner has been an analyst for Nielsen since 2011. She graduated from Miami University of Ohio in May of the same year. This work was written as Spooner's Senior Honor's Thesis for the Honor's Program at Miami, where she worked alongside Dr. Joshua Schwarz to study and understand the academic effect of discounting rewards.

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Éditeur
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3846500712
ISBN 13 
9783846500712
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Broché
Nombre de pages
84
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