Educational Psychology / Unit 7 EDP 0632 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Four Kinds of Task Value
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The idea
Task value has four parts: intrinsic value, the enjoyment of the task; attainment value, its importance to one's identity; utility value, its usefulness for future goals; and cost, what must be given up to do it.
In practice
A future nurse values biology for its utility even while finding it dull.
Where people slip
Cost counts against the other three.
Your place on the trail
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Builds on
Unlocks
- Nothing yet depends on this.
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