week 3 Flashcards
What is extrinsic motivation?
an enviornmentally created reason( incentives and consequences) to engage in an action or activity
extrinic motivation involves 2 things generally
requested behaviour and extrinsic incentive
What is classified as an incentive?
environmental event that attracts or repels a person toward or away from initiating a particular course of activation
incentive always precedes
behaviour
conseuence
like an incentive but always follows behaviour
reward
offering from one person given to another in exchange for their service or achievement
types of reinforcement (2) and punishment(2)
positive reinforcement- add pleasant stimulus to increase behaviour
negative reinforcement- remove aversive stimulus to increase behaviour
positive punishment- add aversive stimulus to decrease behaviour
negative punishment- pleasant stimulus to decrease behaviour
Advantages of extrinsic motivation?
Useful to complete tasks, can motivate a group of people, thus increasing productivity, and leads to individual benefits
the drawback of extrinsic motivation
Develops i must do the behaviour, lowers autonomous self-regulation, decreases memory
Using a reward to engage someone in an activity has two consequences
intended primary effect and unintended side effects
intended primary effect promotes
compliance
unintended side effects
undermines intrinsic motivation, interferes with the quality and process of learning
overjustification effect
occurs when an external incentive decreases a persons intrinsic motivation to perform a behaviour or participate in an activity
example overjustification
someone who likes writing is now less passionate about it after getting a paid job in writing
expected rewards
Reward undermine intrinsic motivation, while unexpected ones do not