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Punished by rewards : the trouble with gold stars, incentive plans, A's, praise, and other bribes / Alfie Kohn.

Punished by rewards : the trouble with gold stars, incentive plans, A's, praise, and other bribes / Alfie Kohn.
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ISBN 9781328450524 (paperback)
Name 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 : Houghton Mifflin Company, [2018]
©1993
Description xii, 466 pages ; 23 cm.
Notes "With a major new afterword by the author."--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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.
Summary Alfie Kohn's landmark challenge to carrot-and-stick psychology, featuring updated reflections and research in a new afterword.
Subjects Reward (Psychology)
Motivation (Psychology)
Behaviorism (Psychology)
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