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Why We Do What We Do - by Edward L Deci & Richard Flaste (Paperback)

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  • What motivates us as students, employees, and individuals?
  • About the Author: Edward L. Deci, Ph.D., professor of pyschology at the University of Rochester, is director of its human motivation program.
  • 240 Pages
  • Self Improvement, Motivational & Inspirational

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In a book that challenges authoritarian thinking about motivation, a distinguished social psychologist offers an alternative to current reward/punishment theory, which, far from anarchy, espouses our ordered, internalized sense of freedom, responsibility, and commitment.



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What motivates us as students, employees, and individuals?

If you reward your children for doing their homework, they will usually respond by getting it done. But is this the most effective method of motivation? No, says psychologist Edward L. Deci, who challenges traditional thinking and shows that this method actually works against performance. The best way to motivate people--at school, at work, or at home--is to support their sense of autonomy. Explaining the reasons why a task is important and then allowing as much personal freedom as possible in carrying out the task will stimulate interest and commitment, and is a much more effective approach than the standard system of reward and punishment. We are all inherently interested in the world, argues Deci, so why not nurture that interest in each other? Instead of asking, "How can I motivate people?" we should be asking, "How can I create the conditions within which people will motivate themselves?"

"An insightful and provocative meditation on how people can become more genuinely engaged and succesful in pursuing their goals." --Publisher's Weekly



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Edward L. Deci, Ph.D., professor of pyschology at the University of Rochester, is director of its human motivation program.
Richard Flaste, former Science and Health Editor of The New York Times, led the team that won the Pulitzer Prize for national reporting in 1987.
Dimensions (Overall): 7.94 Inches (H) x 5.06 Inches (W) x .46 Inches (D)
Weight: .38 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Sub-Genre: Motivational & Inspirational
Genre: Self Improvement
Number of Pages: 240
Publisher: Penguin Books
Format: Paperback
Author: Edward L Deci & Richard Flaste
Language: English
Street Date: August 1, 1996
TCIN: 89532013
UPC: 9780140255263
Item Number (DPCI): 247-01-3784
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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