Lesson 2 - What does motivate us?

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Choose the activity with an extrinsic motivation.

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Study to pass the exam

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In the original Skinner Box, rats would get food (or stopped getting shocked by electricity) when they pressed a lever.

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pressed a lever

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According to self-determination theory (SDT), what is the motivator based on gaining mastery over a skill and feeling able to complete the task at hand?

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Competence

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At primary school, the teacher says: “If you are not quiet for 10 minutes, we will not have a rest pause between classes”. This is an example of…

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Negative punishment

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According to Gabe Zichermans’ extrinsic reward pyramid, video game digital trophies/achievements would mainly correspond to…

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Status

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According to the Drive video, it can be extrapolated that monetary (or, in general, extrinsic) rewards stop working as expected in one of the following tasks: Grinding in a video game, Compose a song, Running a long distance, Assemble an iPhone.

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Compose a song

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The Drive video mentions Wikipedia as a success example of mastery and purpose. However, main contributors actually get especial “super editor” privileges (which they REALLY enjoy, don’t fool yourselves). Following the SAPS model, that would be…

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Access

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When talking about monetary rewards, the Drive video says that money is actually important, but just until getting to think about its need is out of the way (in general, greedy people exist). This integrates with Maslow’s theory, at which scale of needs?

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Safety

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No matter how many techniques from Drive or self-determination theory you apply. Things will utterly fail when our base motivations are not satisfied, or we feel we are being treated unfairly. This is called…

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Underjustification

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Some companies, such as Google, apply the “20% rule”. Workers are allowed to dedicate 20% of their time to their own projects (but they should advance the company’s goals). Using the SPARC model, that would be.

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Autonomy