A meta-analytic review of experiments examining the effects of extrinsic rewards on intrinsic motivation.
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Summary
A meta-analysis of 128 studies examined the effects of extrinsic rewards on intrinsic motivation, finding that Tangible rewards tended to be more detrimental for children than college students, and verbal rewards tend to be less enhancing for children compared with college students.
- Type
- review
- Published
- 1999-01-01
- Cited by
- 7,316
- References
- 212
- Access
- Open access
- OpenAlex
- https://openalex.org/W2007851141
- Semantic Scholar
- https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:15271950
Keywords
Psychology, Intrinsic motivation, Social psychology, Meta-analysis, Developmental psychology
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