Punished by Rewards: Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition

The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Psychology, Education & Training, Family & Relationships, Parenting
Cover of the book Punished by Rewards: Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition by Alfie Kohn, HMH Books
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Alfie Kohn ISBN: 9780547526157
Publisher: HMH Books Publication: September 30, 1999
Imprint: Mariner Books Language: English
Author: Alfie Kohn
ISBN: 9780547526157
Publisher: HMH Books
Publication: September 30, 1999
Imprint: Mariner Books
Language: English

Alfie Kohn’s landmark challenge to carrot-and-stick psychology, featuring updated reflections and research in a major new afterword by the author

Our basic strategy for raising children, teaching students, and managing workers can be summed up in six words: Do this and you’ll get that. We dangle goodies (from candy bars to sales commissions) in front of people in the same way that we train the family pet.
Since its publication in 1993, this groundbreaking book has persuaded countless parents, teachers, and managers that attempts to manipulate people with incentives may seem to work in the short run, but they ultimately fail and even do lasting harm. Drawing from hundreds of studies, Kohn demonstrates that we actually do inferior work when we are enticed with money, grades, or other incentives—and are apt to lose interest in whatever we were bribed to do.
Promising goodies to children for good behavior, meanwhile, can never produce anything more than temporary obedience. Even praise can become a verbal bribe that gets kids hooked on our approval.
Rewards and punishments are two sides of the same coin—and the coin doesn’t buy much. What is needed, Kohn explains, is an alternative to both ways of controlling people. Hence, he offers practical strategies for parents, teachers, and managers to replace carrots and sticks. Seasoned with humor and familiar examples, Punished by Rewards presents an argument that is unsettling to hear but impossible to dismiss.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Alfie Kohn’s landmark challenge to carrot-and-stick psychology, featuring updated reflections and research in a major new afterword by the author

Our basic strategy for raising children, teaching students, and managing workers can be summed up in six words: Do this and you’ll get that. We dangle goodies (from candy bars to sales commissions) in front of people in the same way that we train the family pet.
Since its publication in 1993, this groundbreaking book has persuaded countless parents, teachers, and managers that attempts to manipulate people with incentives may seem to work in the short run, but they ultimately fail and even do lasting harm. Drawing from hundreds of studies, Kohn demonstrates that we actually do inferior work when we are enticed with money, grades, or other incentives—and are apt to lose interest in whatever we were bribed to do.
Promising goodies to children for good behavior, meanwhile, can never produce anything more than temporary obedience. Even praise can become a verbal bribe that gets kids hooked on our approval.
Rewards and punishments are two sides of the same coin—and the coin doesn’t buy much. What is needed, Kohn explains, is an alternative to both ways of controlling people. Hence, he offers practical strategies for parents, teachers, and managers to replace carrots and sticks. Seasoned with humor and familiar examples, Punished by Rewards presents an argument that is unsettling to hear but impossible to dismiss.

More books from HMH Books

Cover of the book Mastering the Market Cycle by Alfie Kohn
Cover of the book Nugget and Fang Go to School by Alfie Kohn
Cover of the book Fanon by Alfie Kohn
Cover of the book The Uses of Literature by Alfie Kohn
Cover of the book The End of Mr. Y by Alfie Kohn
Cover of the book A Wizard of Mars by Alfie Kohn
Cover of the book Pinned by Alfie Kohn
Cover of the book Georgia's Greatness by Alfie Kohn
Cover of the book Glow15 by Alfie Kohn
Cover of the book Curious George Lost and Found (CGTV Read-aloud) by Alfie Kohn
Cover of the book Weight Watchers One Pot Cookbook by Alfie Kohn
Cover of the book Lectures on Russian Literature by Alfie Kohn
Cover of the book How to Be a Good Creature by Alfie Kohn
Cover of the book The Years That Matter Most by Alfie Kohn
Cover of the book The Patron Saint of Liars by Alfie Kohn
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy