Do Immediate External Rewards Really Enhance Intrinsic Motivation?

ABSTRACT: Researchers have conducted many studies on the relationship between external rewards and intrinsic motivation. A recent study showed that, compared with delayed rewards, rewards delivered immediately after the experiment enhanced the participants' intrinsic motivation. However, this study did not rule out the possibility of a misattribution effect of extrinsic motivation. The present research conducted three studies to explore whether immediate rewards actually enhance intrinsic motivation. To rule out the interference of the misattribution effect of extrinsic motivation, according to the different characteristics of extrinsic motivation and intrinsic motivation, Study 1 and Study 2 improved the prior experimental paradigm, and the results indicated that the intrinsic motivation of partici

SUBMITTER: Liu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9150741 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature