Jazzmon McLean

Professor Jizi
UWRT 1104
8 November 2017
Double Entry Journal
Linkages Between Resources, Motivation, and Engagement in Everyday Activity
Citation:
Queen, Tara L. and Thomas M. Hess. "Linkages between Resources, Motivation, and
Engagement in Everyday Activities." Motivation Science, 03 Aug. 2017. EBSCOhost,
doi:10.1037/mot0000061.

Source: Quote (Page# or Paragraph #) Responses

It was hypothesized that the reductions in
resources in later life would be associated
with reduced motivation to engage in
cognitively demanding activities, leading
to reduction in participation in such
activities in everyday life.
In a way I can understand this hypothesis
because the older you get you will most
likely need to get transportation in order to
go places.

Selective engagement theory (SET; Hess, I have heard of SET before but I would not
2014) offers one perspective on this issue. have thought to consider it in this kind of
experiment.

For example, Ennis, Hess, and Smith
(2013) found that effort expenditure was
significantly higher in older than younger
adults at all levels of objective difficulty in
cognitive tasks and that older adults begin
withdrawing effort
I think this is true because older adults have
more opportunities to do things. For
example, go out to eat. They could catch a
bus easily while young adults have to get
permission, etc.

Some evidence exists for the
hypothesized relationships. For example,
increasing age in later adulthood has
associated with reduced participation in
cognitively demanding activities
This quote is depressing to me. When I get
older I hope to continue participating in
activities that demand cognition. I personally
havent witnessed this by watching my older
family members.

Unfortunately, there has been little I wonder why more people do not find this
research examining the role of motivation topic interesting enough to research.
in mediating the relationship between age-
related changes in resources and activity.