How do rewards affect intrinsic motivation? What will be an ...

[lindiwe]

How do rewards affect intrinsic motivation?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Horatio is asked what main dish was served for lunch at the cafeteria yesterday. He knows that it was roast beef, but before responding, he observes six other students who say the main dish was pizza. Horatio is most likely to say the main dish was pizza if he hears the response from
 
  a. the six other students in three pairs of two.
  b. all the students at once.
  c. the six students at six different times in six different places.
  d. the six other students in two pairs of three.

[pratush dev]

Answer to Question 1

People are intrinsically motivated to pursue a particular activity when they do so purely
out of interest, challenge, or sheer enjoyment. The receipt of rewards for engaging in
that activity can thus undermine their intrinsic motivation. Indeed, people who start
getting paid for a task that they already enjoy and used to do for free sometimes lose
interest in the task and continue it only because of the money they are earning.
Rewards are particularly likely to undermine intrinsic motivation when they are
perceived as controlling such behavior. For example, if people who enjoy sculpting
begin to get paid for this activity, they will likely lose intrinsic motivation to the extent
that they perceive the money to be the primary reason for continuing to sculpt. If,
instead, the money is perceived as having informational value in that it offers positive
feedback about the quality of the art, and the artists believe that the money is not an
important reason for sculpting, then their intrinsic motivation should not be undermined
and may even be increased.

Answer to Question 2

c