Title: Six Reasons Rewards Don't Work | Edutopia
Headings: Six Reasons Rewards Don't Work
Six Reasons Rewards Don't Work
Do commonly used rewards actually work?
By Richard Curwin
1) Satiation
2) Addiction
3) Finishing
4) Manipulation
5) Increased Pressure
6) Bribes

Content: This phenomenon is called "finishing." Bribes tend to produce "finishers" rather than "learners." Children are more interested in finishing their work and getting the reward than actually learning what the lesson is designed to teach. Finishing work is far less important than learning from the work that is finished. 4) Manipulation
We do not like it when children try to manipulate us. Yet when we manipulate them, we teach them how to be master manipulators. Giving your wife flowers (or receiving them from your husband) illustrates this concept. If the flowers are meant to show love, it is appreciation. If they are meant to convince the recipient to do a favor for the giver, it is a manipulation. Many children, who have been manipulated throughout their lives, are very sensitive about it and react negatively to further manipulation.