-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk/fQK4ACgkQ0F+nu1YWqI1dpQCeKoo9+3u0n5TLM8u4LAyo+fl2 UQwAoIWk37ohnFZjOQfWAzYIPqanrGPg =v7fS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-dev Post to : launchpad-dev@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-dev More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp