Low-Pressure Encouragement
A small, friendly affirmation from the AI that the user reports as a brief lift in energy or motivation, without creating performance pressure or implying an obligation to perform.
Operational Definition
EVENT. One occurrence is coded when a brief affirmative AI turn is followed by a user-reported small rise in energy/motivation, with no accompanying increase in felt performance pressure. The reported energy rise tied to the affirmation is the countable marker.
Measurement Schema
Proposed measurement protocol (not yet empirically validated): Paired single-item probes around the affirmation: user rates momentary energy/vigor (1-7) and felt performance pressure (1-7) before and after; the event requires an energy increase without a pressure increase; report the joint pre-post change pattern across instances.