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AP Psychology 3.3 Motivation and Emotion. When might using extrinsic rewards for motivation be harmful?
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of the ideo or super-ego yeah it's a Freudian slip okay here's question when [Question appears]
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might using extrinsic rewards for motivation be harmful?
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- 00:31
let's get into it what is the difference between intrinsic and extrinsic
- 00:34
motivation well let's start with an example that deals with you the viewer
- 00:38
are you watching this video because you're trying to achieve a well-balanced [Boy reading books]
- 00:41
knowledge base or are you doing it to study psychology for a class or test
- 00:46
well if you're the first one you're probably not using your time correctly
- 00:49
and you're watching the video for intrinsic or internal motivations if [Boy appears with x-ray image over chest]
- 00:52
you're the second category and let's face it you probably are you're doing it
- 00:56
for extrinsic or external motivations yeah I guess at a and move on
- 01:00
extrinsic motivations or anything driven by external rewards to self refers to
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financial incentives ie money but could also mean achievement ie grades a claim [Cash falling]
- 01:11
ie fame or adoration and praise ie well that one doesn't really need a synonym [People applauding]
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so when would these wonderful things be harmful let's look at our options well
- 01:21
start with the two extreme answers a and E not the net worth in both tests in
- 01:25
psychology we normally find that extreme answers are problematic and these two [Man performing parkour]
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are no exception the first would have us believe that rewards never work that
- 01:33
seems pretty naive especially since many of us have been working for extrinsic [Man riding a lawnmower]
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motivation since our parents started tricking us into doing chores for small
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allowances then we have answered e which says the opposite that offering rewards
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always work never with any consequences and that seems pretty cynical even the
- 01:49
most trumpian people among us will probably admit that there are times when [Donald Trump outside Trump Tower]
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offering extrinsic rewards can have negative consequences well that leaves
- 01:56
our middle options B C and D and let's look at B and C together because well
- 02:00
they're very similar beast has a person motivated by respect from his peers
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doesn't need extrinsic motivation C says a person motivated by money doesn't need
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extrinsic now as you may remember both money and [Donald Trump on a beach with money raining]
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respect from peers are themselves extrinsic motivations albeit to viewed
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very differently from society so each of these answers are basically saying that
- 02:19
those motivated by extrinsic motivations don't need extrinsic motivations that's [Woman making dog and monkey skip]
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pretty confusing and it doesn't really make any sense even if we ignore the
- 02:27
problems in logic neither answer says why these motivations are harmful so
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that brings us to D which says that if you're driven by personal motivation
- 02:35
external rewards might change your motives the first let's note that this
- 02:39
is the only one of the five answers which gives a clear reason for why [Answers appear on sheet]
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extrinsic rewards are harmful second and more importantly let's note that this
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one is true the ability of extrinsic rewards to interfere with personal [Man playing bass]
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motivation is called the over justification effect simply put it means
- 02:55
that if someone enjoys something for purely personal reasons then is offered [People at a musical production]
- 02:59
a reward like money for that task their motivation will start to become reward
- 03:04
based rather than personal I should know I used to educate for the sheer thrill [Man teaching]
- 03:07
of it before shmoop came in with their promises of fame and fortune don't make
- 03:11
the same mistake I did don't let the riches and allure of academia keep you
- 03:15
from the self-satisfaction of learning
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