"Punishment and reward proceed from basically the same psychological model, one that conceives of motivation as nothing more than the manipulation of behavior."

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Source : Alfie Kohn (1999). “Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes”, p.67, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Alfie Kohn

#Motivation Quotes #Punishment Quotes #Rewards Quotes

“We are called to be contemplatives. ..by seeking the face of God in everything, everyone, everywhere, all the time...”
“Who are they to judge us, simply because our hair is long?”
“The term 'lady' has been so misused, that I like better the old-fashioned term, woman.”

Source : Fanny Fern (1868). “Folly as it Flies”, p.316
“Becoming a vampire means completely changing your identity.”
“Once I start writing, I am a huge reviser. To me writing is revising. I probably turn over every sentence that I write, to see if I have the rhythm right. That's why my first drafts take a really long time.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“It's strange, because I remember the biggest point of my childhood was one Halloween when I was trick or treating and ended up at Henry Winkler's house and he answered the door. So I got to meet The Fonz. That was cool.”
“Well I do think, when there are more women, that the tone of the conversation changes, and also the goals of the conversation change. But it doesn't mean that the whole world would be a lot better if it were totally run by women. If you think that, you've forgotten high school.”
“It is not like a premonition of death. It is as if she died a long time ago, and she just now remembered it.”

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