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Reminds me of Tom Sawyer getting his friends to pay him for the privilege of painting his fence ! Only the other way round ... --195.137.93.171 05:39, 4 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Based on the meta-analyses and studies cited, it seems that the opening sentence of the article should explicitly state that the effect occurs when the external incentive is expected, whereas unexpected incentives have no such detrimental effect on intrinsic motivation. TroyandAbedintheMorning (talk) 21:46, 2 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Unexpected incentives are, by definition, not incentives. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.43.109.233 (talk) 14:20, 7 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I think a link to Cognitive evaluation theory wikipedia page would help the theory development, as well as expanding theory development to include a discussion of Self-determination theory, with a citation of an article such as Deci and Ryan's review of the theory. TroyandAbedintheMorning (talk) 16:29, 17 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

More applications to other domains, such as employment, would show the breadth of the overjustification effect. TroyandAbedintheMorning (talk) 18:43, 21 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Why didn't you comment on WP:MEDRS and give an expert review against the WP:GAN criteria? Your comments in many ways hurt this student in getting their GA passed and made the article more out of line because you were evaluating them against a criteria not related to Wikipedia? :( --LauraHale (talk) 09:20, 27 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I don't understand exactly what you mean here. What does it mean to "give an expert review against the WP:GAN criteria"? I'd really like to improve this article properly, and I see how moving away from primary sources will be more in line with proper Wikipedia format, so any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated. TroyandAbedintheMorning (talk) 04:03, 1 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I don't understand why User:LauraHale cites the medical research policy WP:MEDRS, since the Overjustification_effect does not involve medical research.Robertekraut (talk) 20:23, 12 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I feel like the second paragraph of the Experimental Evidence section would better be suited for the Volunteering bullet point in the Applications section. Also, does anyone know where to find the papers mentioned in the RSA talk at [1] ? Those were apparently funded by the Fed and conducted by MIT, UChicago and CMU, and they seemed pretty relevant. Kangyuan (talk) 05:21, 31 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Why didn't you comment on WP:MEDRS and give an expert review against the WP:GAN criteria? Your comments in many ways hurt this student in getting their GA passed and made the article more out of line because you were evaluating them against a criteria not related to Wikipedia? :( --LauraHale (talk) 09:20, 27 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Source for Sports subsections of Applications section?

Is there a source for the claims made about Alex Rodriguez and other athletes in the Sports subsection of the Applications section? I assume there is, especially given the citations scattered throughout the rest of the article, but I just didn't see it anywhere in the article. Abagh0703 (talk) 20:39, 7 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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