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Peer reviewedGreene, David; Lepper, Mark R. – Child Development, 1974
Preschool children were asked to participate in an activity of high initial interest, either for its own sake or in order to obtain an extrinsic reward. Children who participated as a means to some ulterior end showed less intrinsic interest in the activity. (SDH)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Interest Research, Interests, Motivation
Peer reviewedLepper, Mark R.; And Others – Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1973
Results of this field experiment supported the prediction that subjects in the expected-award condition would show less subsequent intrinsic interest in the target activity than subjects in either of the other two conditions (unexpected-award and no-award conditions). (Author/KM)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Expectation, Interests, Motivation
Download full textLepper, Mark R. – 1973
Three experiments were conducted to examine the effects of providing extrinsic rewards for engaging in an activity on children's subsequent intrinsic interest in that activity. In each study, preschool children were asked to engage in an activity of initial intrinsic interest in individual experimental sessions. The children agreed to engage in…
Descriptors: Attention Span, Behavior Change, Classroom Techniques, Experiments
