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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
Peer reviewedDollinger, Stephen J.; Thelen, Mark H. – Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1978
Explores the relative effects of various types of rewards on children's intrinsic motivation. Subjects were 60 preschool and elementary school children. (MP)
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Locus of Control, Motivation, Preschool Children
Peer reviewedSwitzky, Harvey N.; Haywood, H. Carl – Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1974
The study investigates the relative efficacy of self-monitored and externally imposed reinforcement in intrinsically motivated and extrinsically motivated children, grades two through five. Results show the importance of individual differences in children's dispositions to respond to incentive conditions. (JH)
Descriptors: Behavior, Elementary School Students, Motivation, Performance Factors
Peer reviewedHildebrandt, David E.; And Others – Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1973
The study found that concordance between a rule and a recent model's behavior was most effective in leading to acceptance of the rule, despite a tendency for the subject's to adopt lenient self-reinforcement criteria when given an opportunity to do so. (JB)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Learning Experience, Models, Performance
