The Risks of Rewards
There’s a reason so many of the studies that found that incentives undermine motivation were conducted with children. Children are busy figuring out their likes and dislikes. When I ask my eight-year-old if he likes a subject at school, he needs to think about it; he doesn’t intuitively know the answer the way you might. Children are relatively new
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This result is completely plausible to me: it makes sense that if you promise a kid an unknown reward for playing a drum, and then you hide the unknown reward in a box placed conspicuously in front of them, they will experience less enjoyment when they play the drum.
Intrinsic Motivation: a deep dive
A bad reward is something that is extrinsic to the experience.