By All Available Means: Cameron and Pierce’s Defense of Extrinsic Motivators

Cameron and Pierce’s meta-analysis (1994), which purports to demonstrate that extrinsic rewards may not undermine intrinsic motivation, is unpersuasive by virtue of its methodology, its tendency to ignore important distinctions, and its failure to include certain evidence.

[1]  M. Lepper,et al.  Intrinsic Motivation and Extrinsic Rewards: A Commentary on Cameron and Pierce’s Meta-Analysis , 1996 .

[2]  E. Deci,et al.  When Paradigms Clash: Comments on Cameron and Pierce’s Claim That Rewards Do Not Undermine Intrinsic Motivation , 1996 .

[3]  R. Brandt Punished by Rewards , 1995 .

[4]  J. Cameron,et al.  Reinforcement, Reward, and Intrinsic Motivation: A Meta-Analysis , 1994 .

[5]  James S. Fleming,et al.  Role of Parental Motivational Practices in Children's Academic Intrinsic Motivation and Achievement. , 1994 .

[6]  M. Barrett,et al.  Helplessness deficits in students: The role of motivational orientation , 1992 .

[7]  J. Freedman,et al.  Inferred values and the reverse-incentive effect in induced compliance. , 1992 .

[8]  N. Eisenberg,et al.  Effects of Rewards on Children's Prosocial Motivation: A Socialization Study , 1989 .

[9]  D. Main,et al.  Children's preference for challenge: the role of perceived competence and control. , 1988, Journal of personality and social psychology.

[10]  R. Butler Task-involving and ego-involving properties of evaluation: Effects of different feedback conditions on motivational perceptions, interest, and performance. , 1987 .

[11]  P. Jordan,et al.  RESEARCH NOTES. EFFECTS OF EXTRINSIC REWARD ON INTRINSIC MOTIVATION: A FIELD EXPERIMENT. , 1986 .

[12]  Paul C. Jordan,et al.  Effects of an Extrinsic Reward on Intrinsic Motivation: A Field Experiment , 1986 .

[13]  Carol Sansone,et al.  Rewarding pinball wizardry: Effects of evaluation and cue value on intrinsic interest , 1984 .

[14]  L. Birch,et al.  Eating as the "Means" Activity in a Contingency: Effects on Young Children's Food Preference. , 1984 .

[15]  R. Ryan,et al.  Relation of reward contingency and interpersonal context to intrinsic motivation: A review and test using cognitive evaluation theory. , 1983 .

[16]  R. Ryan,et al.  Control and information in the intrapersonal sphere: An extension of cognitive evaluation theory. , 1982 .

[17]  F. Danner,et al.  A Cognitive-Developmental Approach to the Effects of Rewards on Intrinsic Motivation , 1981 .

[18]  N. A. Kramer,et al.  Informational versus Controlling Verbal Rewards , 1980 .

[19]  M. Weiner,et al.  The effects of reward and perception of competency upon intrinsic motivation , 1978 .

[20]  M. Mahoney,et al.  Reinforcement effects on intrinsic interest: Undermining the overjustification hypothesis , 1975 .