CHALLENGE AND THREAT
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Blascovich, J. (2013). Challenge and threat appraisal (pp. 432-444). In A.J. Elliott's Challenge and Threat. Handbook of approach and avoidance motivation, London, UK: Psychology Press.
Dumont, H., & Istance, D. (2010). Analysing and designing learning environments for the 21st century. The nature of learning: Using research to inspire practice, (pp.19-34).
Fonseca, R., Blascovich, J., & Garcia-Marques, T. (2014). Challenge and threat motivation: effects on superficial and elaborative information processing. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, 1170.
Kidd, C. & Piantodosi, S.T. (2012 May 23). The Goldilocks Effect: Babies learn from experiences that are not too simple, not too complex, but 'just right'. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester.
Krestar, M. L., & McLennan, C. T. (2013). Examining the effects of variation in emotional tone of voice on spoken word recognition. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 66(9), 1793-1802.
Li, F., Deng, H., Leung, K., & Zhao, Y. (2017). Is perceived creativity‐reward contingency good for creativity? The role of challenge and threat appraisals. Human Resource Management, 56(4), 693-709.
Maki, K. (2017). The influence of self-esteem on reactions to challenge and threat. [Master's Thesis].Toronto, Canada: York University.
Parmentier, F. B., Maybery, M. T., & Elsley, J. (2010). The involuntary capture of attention by novel feature pairings: A study of voice—location integration in auditory sensory memory. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 72(2), 279-284.
Myatt, M. (2016). High Challenge, Low Threat- How top leaders find the balance. [video]. (12:24 minutes). TEDxNorwichED. Available on: https://youtu.be/IvFN7a39SJo
Pearson's Education. (2016). Why challenge is important. Interview with Pearson's Teacher of the Year [video[ (1:47 minutes). Available on: http://www.pearsonlearningnews.com/challenge-your-students/
Putwain, D. W., Remedios, R., & Symes, W. (2015). Experiencing fear appeals as a challenge or a threat influences attainment value and academic self-efficacy. Learning and Instruction, 40, 21-28.
Schirmer, A. (2010). Mark my words: Tone of voice changes affective word representations in memory . PLoS One, 5(2), e9080.
Schirmer, A., Chen, C. B., Ching, A., Tan, L., & Hong, R. Y. (2013). Vocal emotions influence verbal memory: neural correlates and interindividual differences. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 13(1), 80-93.
Shahin, A. J., Picton, T. W., & Miller, L. M. (2009). Brain oscillations during semantic evaluation of speech. .Brain and Cognition, 70(3), 259-266.
Stand For Children. (2015). Great teachers challenge students to succeed [video]. (3:10 minutes). Available on: https://youtu.be/-H9Z5qcjr4Q
Van Berkum, J. J., Van den Brink, D., Tesink, C. M., Kos, M., & Hagoort, P. (2008). The neural integration of speaker and message. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 20(4), 580-591.
Van Rijn, S., Aleman, A., Swaab, H., Krijn, T., Vingerhoets, G., & Kahn, R. S. (2007). What it is said versus how it is said: comprehension of affective prosody in men with Klinefelter (47, XXY) syndrome. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 13(6), 1065-1070.
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