ChatGPT & The Psychology of Motivation: Prompt Techniques to try for Learning & Development

AI like ChatGPT isn’t human, but it responds surprisingly well to prompts that appeal to intrinsic and extrinsic motivations like we would. Using motivation-based prompt techniques can help you get better outputs for your L&D work. In this episode, we’ll explore why we’re seeing AI act like a human, what the research says, and how you can leverage that in your prompts for L&D.

Resources for further reading:

• Research Paper - EmotionPrompt: Leveraging Psychology for Large Language Models Enhancement via Emotional Stimulus: https://www.arxiv-vanity.com/papers/2307.11760/ 
• Thebes's post on X about tip-based prompting: https://twitter.com/voooooogel/status/1730726744314069190?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1730726744314069190%7Ctwgr%5Ef3ceb610d0da8e9ef3599fc7e8abfe7d323a7bb2%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.redditmedia.com%2Fmediaembed%2F1894n1y%3Fresponsive%3Dtrueis_nightmode%3Dfalse 
• Forbes article by Lance Eliot - The Answer To Why Emotionally Worded Prompts Can Goose Generative AI Into Better Answers And How To Spur A Decidedly Positive Rise Out Of AI: https://www.forbes.com/sites/lanceeliot/2023/11/11/the-answer-to-why-emotionally-worded-prompts-can-goose-generative-ai-into-better-answers-and-how-to-spur-a-decidedly-positive-rise-out-of-ai/?sh=468a39a537e5