The true effects of extrinsic reinforcement on "intrinsic" motivation.

2009 ◽  
pp. 73-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angeleque Akin-Little ◽  
Steven G. Little
Keyword(s):  
Intrinsic Motivation ◽  
Extrinsic Reinforcement

AN EXAMINATION OF THE EFFECT OF EXTRINSIC REINFORCERS ON INTRINSICALLY MOTIVATED BEHAVIOR: EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL

1980 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas P. Brennan ◽  
John A. Glover
Keyword(s):  
Intrinsic Motivation ◽  
Extrinsic Motivation ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Baseline Phase ◽  
Reinforcement Condition ◽  
Motivated Behavior ◽  
Alternative Means ◽  
Motivated Behaviors ◽  
Extrinsic Reinforcement

A review of the literature in the area of intrinsic-extrinsic motivation revealed several experimental and theoretical problems. The current study provided a series of three conditions under which intrinsic motivation was tested, a true control, a directions only condition and a directions plus reinforcement condition. Both the directions and the directions plus reinforcement groups were observed to have increased their time on the task during the experimental phases, and when extrinsic reinforcement and directions were removed, the subjects in these two conditions maintained intrinsically motivated behaviors at levels significantly above the levels observed during the baseline phase and significantly higher than the control group. These results were in contrast to those previously reported in the literature. The discussion portion of the paper examined the faulty logic, and understanding of operant theory implicit in the literature in extrinsic-intrinsic motivation, and provided suggestions for alternative means of supplanting operant theory with more effective, workable theories of behavior.

Continuing the Controversy About Reward and Intrinsic Motivation

2004 ◽  
Vol 49 (5) ◽  
pp. 532-534 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dale H. Schunk
Keyword(s):  
Intrinsic Motivation
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