What is the term used to describe human meaningless point accumulation behavior?

Question

There is a scientific term that describes the tendency in humans to be incentivised toward a particular behavior simply by the addition of point accumulation regardless of the ultimate redemption value of the points.

Answer 1

Competitive behavior.
Competition is the act of striving against another force for the purpose of achieving dominance or attaining a reward or goal, or out of a biological imperative such as survival. Competition is a term widely used in several fields, including biochemistry, business, ecology, economics, music, politics, and sports. Competition may be between two or more forces, life forms, agents, systems, individuals, or groups, depending on the context in which the term is used.

Competition may yield various results to the participants, including both intrinsic and extrinsic rewards. Some, such as survival advantages, including favorable territory, are intrinsic biological factors that occur as a result of ecological competition between organisms. Others, such as competition in business and politics, involve competition between humans. In addition, extrinsic symbols, such as trophies, plaques, ribbons, prizes, or laudations, may be given to the winner(s). Such symbolic rewards are commonly used wherever the rewards inherent in the competition are primarily intrinsic, such as at human sporting and academic competitions. In general, the rewards range widely but usually help reinforce the advantage that one participant has over the other participant(s).

Competition can result in both beneficial and detrimental results. A common view of evolution is that inter-species and intra-species competition is the driving force of adaptation and ultimately, evolution. However, some biologists, most famously Richard Dawkins, prefer to think of evolution in terms of competition between single genes, which have the welfare of the organism 'in mind' only insofar as that welfare furthers their own selfish drives for replication. If this is so, then competition in the context of evolution may not be beneficial to humans. Social darwinists claim that competition also serves as a mechanism for determining the best-suited group, politically, economically, and ecologically; however, this belief is very questionable.

However, competition can also have negative consequences, particularly on the human species. Potential detrimental effects include the injury of other organisms and the drain of valuable resources and energy for competition. In addition, human competition may also require large amounts of money (such as in political elections, international sports competitions, and advertising wars) and can also lead to the compromising of ethical standards in order to gain an advantage in the competition. For example, several athletes have been caught using banned steroids in professional sports in order to boost their own chances of success or victory. Finally, competitive striving can also be harmful for the participants. Examples include athletes that injure themselves because they exceed the physical tolerances of their bodies, and companies that pursue unprofitable paths while engaging in competitive rivalries.

Answer 2

It's called Yahoo! Answeritis.. the strange need to collect points for absolutely no reason whatsoever, except to obtain higher and higher levels..
You knowww.. kinda like Who's Line Is It, Anyway, on tv.. the show where everything's made up, and the points don't matter.. kinda like the truth at a W. press conference.

Answer 3

The term you seek is " Mindless attempts at self actualization through representative meaningless score assignment "

Answer 4

Pointlessness.

Answer 5

Yahoo questions

Answer 6

Competitive boredom.

Answer 7

This is obsessive behavior.