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Motivation 3.0 p.89
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Tests that make you find unexpected alternative uses for things
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You get 20 if you are #1.
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The results were compared between the groups that were offered the reward of
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The group not offered a reward was 5-10 minutes.
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The group offered the reward took 3.5 minutes longer than the group not offered the reward
- Contrary to intuition, rewards undermine results.
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Daniel Pink’s interpretation
- Rewards have a tendency to narrow focus.
- If the path to resolution is clear, it has the effect of not distracting attention.
- But it is counterproductive for tasks that require thinking in broad strokes
Unfortunately, the experimental paper is not clearly cited. The test itself was conceived by Carl Dounker in the 1940s. It seems that Sam Glucksberg was the one who compared time with and without compensation. →Candle problem - Wikipedia There was
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Glucksberg, S., 1962. The influence of strength of drive on functional fixedness and perceptual recognition. Journal of experimental psychology, 63(1), p.36.
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incentive counterproductive to overcoming [functional fixation Incentive is narrow one’s field of vision # eye shield
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stereotype assumption Framing by Assumptions frame of mind Existing framework
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