What makes gaming so appealing - Gamification in HR - Manu Melwin Joy
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What makes gaming so appealing?Gamification in HR
Prepared By Manu Melwin Joy
Assistant ProfessorSCMS School of Technology and Management
Kerala, India.Phone – 9744551114
Mail – [email protected]
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What makes gaming so appealing?
• Here are the reasons why gaming is so captivating:–We receive instant
feedback.–We experience a sense of
flow– Progressive difficulty
makes us want more.– Gaming is intrinsically
gratifying.
Instant feedback
• Gaming creates a world
that allows us instant
results based on our
performance.
• “When we pick up our smartphones and settle in with a good game, we immerse ourselves in a world that offers instant feedback on our performance and a sense of accomplishment when we succeed. A world where every task offers an opportunity to grow our competence, enhance our skills, and earn recognition.” - Ron Friedman
Instant feedback
• We know almost
immediately how well we
did on a particular task,
fueling our need for
feedback and recognition.
Experience a sense of flow
• Time passes quickly when
gaming. How many times have
you been so immersed in
completing a task within a game
that you lose track of time?
Experience a sense of flow
• Psychologists refer to this as flow,
a state in which we are completely
absorbed in an activity and
unaware of all other stimuli. Your
ability to concentrate on the task
at hand becomes effortless.
Progressive difficulty
• All games have levels that inspire
you to continue to work toward
the goal. Gaming is less about
the given task, because, let’s
face it, flinging birds across a
screen is not all that engaging.
Progressive difficulty
• But gaming creates a progressively
more difficult environment in which
our need to achieve kicks into
overdrive. We’re continuously pushed
toward higher levels of performance
that reinforce that state of flow.
Progressive difficulty
• Research suggests that we are
most engaged when our skills
are stretched and when we
are building expertise.
Gaming does that.
Intrinsically gratifying
• Advancements in
neuroscience reveal that
when we learn and acquire
new information, our
production of dopamine rises.
Intrinsically gratifying
• This explains why gaming is so
enthralling. The release of
dopamine actually makes
everything more interesting. Our
moods usually improve, too.
What makes gaming so appealing?
• These attributes—receiving
feedback instantly, experiencing
flow, progressive difficulty, and
intrinsic gratification—are
powerful mechanisms to
promote adult learning.
What makes gaming so appealing?
• This intersection of
psychology and gaming helps
us understand the allure of
using gamification to
complete repetitive tasks.
What makes gaming so appealing?
• This intersection of
psychology and gaming helps
us understand the allure of
using gamification to
complete repetitive tasks.
