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It's not quite that simple. "Kids can be given the opportunities [to become passionate about a subject or activity], but they can't be forced," says Jacquelynne Eccles, a psychology professor at the University of Michigan, who led a landmark, 25-year study examining what motivated first- and seventh...
Figuring out why the fire went out is the first step. Assuming that a kid doesn't suffer from an emotional or learning disability, or isn't involved in some family crisis at home, many educators attribute a sudden lack of motivation to a fear of failure or peer pressure...
He may have been named one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people, but Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology Steven Pinker says he’s still a little surprised when people stop him on the street to ask for an autograph.
But while appearances on “The Daily Show” may win extra points with his students, Pinker says his focus is on making contributions to the field of psychology.
“I was always interested in questions of human nature,” he says. “[Psychology] is a discipline where you can test propositions empirically.”