| Date | May 2019 | Marks available | 2 | Reference code | 19M.3.SL.tz0.5 |
| Level | Standard Level | Paper | Paper 3 | Time zone | time zone 0 |
| Command term | Discuss | Question number | 5 | Adapted from | N/A |
Question
A study assessed the effect of task and ego motivations on behaviour of 90 participants during soccer games. They were divided into three groups and were told:
- Group 1 (Task): prizes would be awarded based on improvement
- Group 2 (Ego): prizes would be awarded based on goals scored
- Group 3 (Control): no prizes would be awarded.
Prosocial and antisocial behaviour was observed during games; the mean results (and standard deviation) are shown in the graph.
Identify the group that demonstrated the most antisocial behaviour.
Calculate the difference in prosocial behaviour between the task and ego groups.
Using the data, discuss the effect of the different motivating conditions on behaviour.
Markscheme
ego/group 2 ✔
[1]
6.40 – 5.10 ✔
= 1.30 ✔
Accept answer in the converse.
[2]
the task groups focus on performance influenced the behaviour so that they had more prosocial behaviours being exhibited/the least antisocial behaviours across all groups possibly due to team work being an important factor in influencing overall performance ✔
the focus on rewarding goal scoring / ego condition negatively impacted on prosocial behaviour / increased antisocial behaviour possibly due to the focus on the outcome/goal scoring which is an individual performance ✔
the control group had a more balanced frequency of both behaviours / prosocial and antisocial behaviours possibly because people will be influenced by many different motivating factors when no reward is offered ✔
[2 max]
