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April 2, 2020

Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A’s, Praise, and Other Bribes

Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A’s, Praise, and Other Bribes

In life, parents reward children who make progress in school, and bosses use bonuses to motivate their employees to work hard. The method of “do A to get B” is effective in the short term, but in the long term, as the rewards increase, people lose the passion for accomplishing anything. Why would there be such a consequence? What are the harms of using rewards in the long term? Is there any way to replace rewards? Punished by Rewards will give us the answer.