Question

researchers have long debated over whether or not extrinsic incentives are harmful for intrinsic motivation and performance. After reading this section, answer the following questions: (a) give an example of when you think extrinsic motivation can be beneficial. (b) give an example of when you think extrinsic motivation can be harmful. (c) do you think extrinsic incentives are harmful for intrinsic motivation and performance? Why or why not?

Answer 1

• a)Extrinsic motivation refers to behavior that is driven by external rewards such as money, fame, grades, and praise. This type of motivation arises from outside the individual, as opposed to intrinsic motivation, which originates inside of the individual.
  
• This type of motivation can be highly effective. All of the examples in our own life of things that you do in order to gain some type of external reward.
• You might shop with a store loyalty card in order to gain points, discounts, and prizes.
• You might toil away performing tasks at work that you dislike in order to keep getting a steady paycheck.
• You might even use a particular type of credit card in order to receive airline miles. All of these are examples of performing specific behaviors in order to obtain an external reward.
• Extrinsic motivators are best applied in situations where people have little initial interest in performing the activity or in cases where basic skills are lacking, but these rewards should be kept small and should be tied directly to performing a specific behavior.
• External rewards can be useful and effective tool for getting people to stay motivated and on task. This can be particularly important when people need to complete something that they find difficult or uninteresting, such as a boring homework assignment or a tedious work-related project.
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