In some cases, the money was a reward for having done well on a quiz all of the volunteers took.
Certainly I viewed it as important, but as a reward for performance; as something which came after, not prior to activity.
Well it may be because round numbers are intrinsically motivating to us, even if there's no obvious reward for reaching them. That's according to a study in the journal Psychological Science.
A string of military rulers saw oil revenue as a source of patronage and a reward for winning office.
He received two years off of his sentence as a reward for his good deed, but was forced to switch prisons in order to avoid taking a jagged toothbrush to the kidneys.
His reward for success, according to news accounts, included honorary citizenship, free airline flights and a villa on a private island.
Then some of them got a reward for drawing and their motivation changed.
Getting on that path to profitability was such a tremendous reinforcement and reward for the people who'd worked so hard and sacrificed so much during those years.
At the end of the test, as a "reward" for their participation, they could choose either a reward for themselves or a voucher to give to a friend.
