{"product_id":"punished-by-rewards-the-trouble-with-gold-stars-incentive-plans-as-praise-and-other-bribes-paperback","title":"Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A'S, Praise, and Other Bribes - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlfie Kohn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlfie Kohn's landmark challenge to carrot-and-stick psychology, featuring updated reflections and research in a major new afterword by the author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Our basic strategy for raising children, teaching students, and managing workers can be summed up in six words: \u003cem\u003eDo this and you'll get that.\u003c\/em\u003e We dangle goodies (from candy bars to sales commissions) in front of people in the same way that we train the family pet.\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e 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, \u003cem\u003ePunished by Rewards\u003c\/em\u003e presents an argument that is unsettling to hear but impossible to dismiss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eALFIE KOHN's books include \u003ci\u003eNo Contest: The Case Against Competition\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBeyond Discipline.\u003c\/i\u003e Described by \u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003eas \"perhaps the country's most outspoken critic of educational fixation on grades and test scores,\" he has traveled across the country delivering lectures to teachers, parents, and researchers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.8 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 07, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760961519904,"sku":"9781328450524","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7f0ab8d5d4a9563c1a4cfc4eeb8d4f48.webp?v=1780195365","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/punished-by-rewards-the-trouble-with-gold-stars-incentive-plans-as-praise-and-other-bribes-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}