Just picking one post out of many in the extrinsic vs. intrinsic
motivation conversation:
Graham Oliver wrote in Punished by Rewards LO14216:
>>Perhaps we should be a little clearer, when we speak of intrinsic and
>>extrinsic motivation, about the "what" which intrinsic is inside of,
>>and extrinsic is outside of. I always thought it was the activity, not the
>>person.
It seems to me that we had quite a lengthy discussion of this topic a year
or two ago. I'd suggest referring to the LO archives for background
before wading through this particular swamp again. We might even find
some references to Alfie Kohn!
Dave
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