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[Aaron Bentley <aaron@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On 12-06-18 08:23 AM, Jonathan Lange wrote:
> [1] ISTR, "Drive" and other bits of research that show that
> incentives often backfire, as people would often rather cop the
> punishment or do without the reward than do the actual thing.

As seen in http://chrishecker.com/Achievements_Considered_Harmful%3F :

For interesting tasks,

1. Tangible, expected, contingent rewards reduce free-choice intrinsic
motivation, and
2. Verbal, unexpected, informational feedback, increases free-choice
and self-reported intrinsic motivation.
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