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Author Kohn, Alfie, author

Title Punished by rewards : the trouble with gold stars, incentive plans, A's, praise, and other bribes / Alfie Kohn
Edition Twenty-fifth anniversary edition
Published Boston ; New York : Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2018]
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Description 1 online resource (xii, 466 pages.)
Contents Skinner-Boxed: The legacy of behaviorism -- Is it right to reward? -- Is it effective to reward? -- The trouble with carrots: Four reasons rewards fail -- Cutting the interest rate: The fifth reason rewards fail -- The praise problem -- Pay for performance: Why behaviorism doesn't work in the workplace -- Lures for learning: Why behaviorism doesn't work in the classroom -- Bribes for behaving: Why behaviorism doesn't help children become good people -- Thank God it's Monday: The roots of motivation in the workplace -- Hooked on learning: The roots of motivation in the classroom -- Good kids without goodies -- Afterword, 1999 -- Afterword to the twenty-fifth anniversary edition
Notes Original edition published 1993
"With a major new afterword by the author"--Cover
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-448) and index
Notes Description based on print version record
Subject Reward (Psychology)
Motivation (Psychology)
Behaviorism (Psychology)
Form Electronic book
Author EBSCOhost
ISBN 9780585249964 (electronic bk.)
0585249962 (electronic bk.)