Reward, Intrinsic Motivation, and Creativity
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چکیده
cognitions (e.g., cognitive interference), and affect (e.g., positive mood) while performing. We suggest, then, that positive and negative effects are related over time and occur within a self-regulatory process (Sansone & Harackiewicz, 1996; Sansone, Weir, Harpster, & Morgan, 1992). Eisenberger and Cameron (1996) provided a service in cautioning investigators and practitioners against oversimplifying what is in fact a very complex and complicated process and in calling for "a greater synthesis of relevant findings involving reinforcement, social cognition, and personality" (p. 1164). In so doing, however, they oversimplified the message from the original research as well as the current state of knowledge about this complicated process.
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