43. Motivation To Study: What Really Works with Dr Erika Patall
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Rewards and Punishments Work to Get People to Do Things
Roles and punishments definitely work to get people to do stuff. If you have some kind of undesirable task that you can't find another way to motivate yourself a to do it, rewards and punishmentare definitely going to get you to do it. I also think it's a pretty different psychological experience to be rewarding and punishing yourself. Presumably you're doing that cause you value the goal, right in the first place. Otherwise, why would you bother to exert those rewards and punishment on yourself?
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