Intrinsic Motivation: a deep dive
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Intrinsic Motivation: a deep dive
Saved by Sam Liebeskind and
Agreed
the reward was not tied in their minds to a performance of the experiment.
Salience in SDT is equivalent to how distracting or attention-grabbing the reward is, ie if an investment is could net a lot of money, does the anticipated money detract from analysis of the investment.
Batshit insensitivity needed to ask good scientific questions
Relatedness is the water the fish are swimming in
In discussion of issues or poking holes in theory, author frames this situation as purely a result of distraction. But is distraction simple? Like in this situation, if distracted, is the kid totally unable to engage in the goal? And if aware of the distraction, as his constant attention-switching will alert him to, won’t he feel the distraction as a force controlling or constraining him? It is a limit on his ability to make a free choice, and it’s not some god-given limit.