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Extrinsic rewards, reward-associated messages, and intrinsic motivation

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    Stephen J. Dollinger

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This research was supported by a grant from Southern Illinois University, Research Development and Administration. The author is grateful to James O'Donnell and Tom Schill for their helpful comments, to Shirley Dunagan, director of the Psychology Child Study Coop Nursery, and to Ron Houston and Denise Von Thun for their assistance in data collection.

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Dollinger, S.J. Extrinsic rewards, reward-associated messages, and intrinsic motivation. Cogn Ther Res 3, 367–370 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01184451

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