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intransitive verb : to induce someone to convert to one's faith or : to recruit someone to join one's party, institution, or cause
transitive verb : to recruit or convert especially to a new faith, institution, or cause
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/proselytize
“Fascinating . . . If Pink’s Proselytizing helps persuade employers to make work more fulfilling, Drive will be a powerhouse.” -USA Today
The mormons go door to door attempting to proselytize their beliefs onto families.
In the TV show Lost John Locke would attempt to Proselytize everyone into pushing the button with no other reason beside the fact that he feared if the button was not pushed every 108 minutes then something catastrophic would occur. |
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1.belonging to a thing by its very nature: the intrinsic value of a gold ring.
2.Anatomy . (of certain muscles, nerves, etc.) belonging to or lying within a given part.
Source: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/intrinsic
Quote from book:
“In other words, rewards can perform a weird sort of behavioral alchemy: They can transform an interesting task into a drudge. They can turn play into work. And by Diminishing intrinsic motivation, they can send performance, creativity, and even upstanding behavior toppling like dominoes. Lets call this the Sawyer Effect.” (pg.35)
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In the movie Searching for Bobby Fischer josh intrinsically plays chess. |
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Definitions from http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/extrinsic?s=t
1.Originating from the outside; external.
2.Not essential or inherent; not a basic part or quality;extraneous: facts that are extrinsic to the matter under discussion.
3.Being outside a thing; outward or external; operating or coming from without: extrinsic influences.
4.Anatomy.(of certain muscles, nerves, etc.) originating outside the anatomical limits of a part.
Quote from the book: Chapter II will reveal the seven reasons why carrot-and-sticks extrinsic motivators often produce the opposite of what they set out to achieve. (10)
Sentence: Extrinsic rewards are often used to teach tricks to a dog.
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Definition: from http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/remuneration?s=t
To pay; recompense
make amends for something, changing of hands
Passage from the book:
“harnessing the power of intrinsic motivation rather than extrinsic remuneration can be thoroughly satisfying and infinitely more rewarding.”- The Miami Herald (Page i)
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The American Government is trying to provide jobs for the american soldiers in remuneration for fighting for their country.
Example from movie/film:
In The Hunger Games, Katniss put her name in multiple times in remuneration for tesserae (supplies for her family). |
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Independence or freedom, as of the will or one's actions: the autonomy of the individual. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/autonomy?s=t
“Autonomy, as they see it, is different from independance. It’s not the rugged, go-it-alone, rely-on-nobody individualism of the American cowboy. It means acting with choice-which means we can be both autonomous and happily interdependent with others” (Pink 88).
Anybody has the autonomy to make a choice, whether it’s the right one is up to that person.
In the movie The Dark Knight Rises, Bruce Wayne had the autonomy to be Batman and fight against evil for the greater good, as opposed to hiding out in his home like he did for the past eight years. |
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Definiton: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/feat a notable act or deed, especially an act of courage; an exploit.
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Sentence: The student courageously achieved the feat of defending the boy who was being bullied. |
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Definition:http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ennobling?s=t to elevate in degree, excellence, or respect; dignify; exalt
Quote from the book:”Despite its greater sophistication and higher aspirations, Motivation 2.0 still wasn’t exactly ennobling”.
Sentence: A person who is intrinsically motivated to do tasks usually ennoble in everything they.
In the movie Searching for Bobby Fischer, Josh Waitzkin began to ennoble in the game of chess as he continued to play in tournaments and he continued to be recognized. |
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definition from www.merriam-webster.com: exceeding usual limits; extending beyond the limits of the ordinary experience
passage from the book - page 27: “What’s more, if people do things for lunk-headed, backward- looking reasons, why wouldn’t we also do things for significance-seeking, self-actualizing reasons? If we’re predictably irrational-and we clearly are-why couldn’t we also be predictably transcendent?”
Achieving world peace and ending world hunger is transcendent.
In the movie “Castaway” the main character, Tom Hanks was transcendent because he survived the plane crash and was rescued alive. |
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dependent for existence, occurrence, character, etc., on something not yet certain; conditional (often followed by on or upon ): Our plans are contingent on the weather.
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liable to happen or not; uncertain; possible: They had to planfor contingent expenses.
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happening by chance or without known cause; fortuitous;accidental: contingent occurrences.
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Logic . (of a proposition) neither logically necessary norlogically impossible, so that its truth or falsity can beestablished only by sensory observation. dictionary.com
only contingent rewards if you do this, then you’ll get that had the negative effect.
It was contingent that michael would live from his brain tumor- Prison Break |
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http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/efficacy
noun, plural ef·fi·ca·cies.
capacity for producing a desired result or effect; effectiveness: a remedy of great efficacy.
“But recently a group of scholars from the Harvard Business School, Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, the University of Arizona’s Eller College of Management, and the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School questioned the efficacy of this broad prescription.” (48)
The efficacy of taking notes helps for someone to gain a high grade.
The efficacy of Katniss and Peetas’ plan to eat the Nightlock in order to stay together, caused the Gamer-maker to allow the both of them to leave the Hunger Games alive. |
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Definition: New Oxford American Dictionary
Having a harmful effect, esp. in a gradual or subtle way
Passage from Book:
“If some scientists believe that ‘if-then’ motivators and other extrinsic rewards resemble prescription drugs that carry potentially dangerous side effects, others believe there’re more like illegal drugs that foster a deeper and more pernicious dependency. According to these scholars, cash rewards and shiny trophies can provide a delicious jolt of pleasure at first, but the feeling soon dissipates—and to keep it alive, the recipient requires ever larger and more frequent doses” (Pink 52).
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Cancer can be pernicious and you may live longer, or it can kill you in a matter of days
Example from a film/TV show:
In The Dark Knight Rises, before Bane reveals the nuclear bomb and causes complete chaos, his attempts to destroy Gotham are pernicious like when he captures Detective Gordon and takes the speech he wrote about Harvey Dent. |
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1.prominent or conspicuous
2.projecting or pointing outward
3.leaping or jumping
4.Heraldry . (of a beast) represented as leaping
Source-http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/salient?s=t
“But the less salient they are made ,the better. When people use rewards to motivate, that’s when they’re most demotivating.” (Pink Pg 70)
The Salient intruder was caught as expected.
If Plankton was less salient he would have already have stolen the secret krabby patty formula.
Salient here is using its meaning as being conspicuous(standing out) because in Spongebob plankton always is getting caught because his plans are too obvious. |
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Deftness: skillful performance or ability without difficulty. wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
“However, when contingent rewards aren’t involved, or when incentives are used with the proper deftness, performance improves and understanding deepens.” (57)
Liam Neeson in Taken. Liam Neeson is very deft in this movie, you see him killing many and getting to places without any difficulty.
The teachers had to be very deft when they gave incentives for the students to put forth extra effort and improve their performance. |
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1- incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized;impenetrable.
2-not easily understood; mysterious; unfathomable: an inscrutable smile.
3- incapable of being seen through physically; physically impenetrable: the inscrutable depths of the ocean.
Quote from book:
The highest, most satisfying experiences in people’s lives were when they were in flow. And this previously unacknowledged mental state, which seemed so inscrutable and transcendent, was actually fairly easy to unpack.” ( Pink 122)
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The divers seem to be searching for treasure in the inscrutable depths of the ocean.
Sentence based on Movie/ film:
In the murder trial of Drew Peterson, it seems the suspected killer(Drew) left no clues, so the murder remains an inscrutable murder. |
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1- a professed believer who rejects doctrines prescribed by the church.
2- a baptized Roman catholic who willfully and persistently rejects an article of faith.
3- anyone who does not conform to an establish attitude,doctrine, or principle.
Quote from the book- With these unorthodox ideas percolating in his mind, this unlikely corporate heretic established a new policy: 3M’s technical staff could spend up to 15 percent of their time on projects of their choosing.
Sentence- Back in the 1500’s King Henry the 8th was considered heretic.
Sentence based on movie /film- in the movie of The Dark knight the Joker is considered to be heretic by not showing principle and particular reason to break the law. |
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Definitions: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/quotidian
daily
usual or customary; everyday
ordinary; commonplace
Quote from Book:
“ Most important, in flow, the relationship between what a person had to do and what he could do was perfect. The challenge wasn’t too easy. Nor was it too difficult. It was a notch or two beyond his current abilities, which stretched the body and mind in a way that made the effort itself the most delicious reward. That balance produced a degree of focus and satisfaction that easily surpassed other, more quotidian, experiences. In flow, people lived so deeply in the moment, and felt so utterly in control, that their sense of time, place, and even self melted away.” (page 113)
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Many people around the globe are trying all sorts of crazy diets, instead of just minimizing their quotidian intake of sugary foods and sodas.
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In the movie Yes Man, Carl (Jim Carrey) decides that he quotidian routine in life has made his life monotonous and boring. In order to fix this, Carl decides to say yes to everything to every question and opportunity he is presented with, in order to have a more exciting lifestyle and leave his quotidian routine. |
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| No. 1: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/perspicacity?s=t per-spi-cac-i-ty [pur-spi-kas-i-tee] noun 1) keenness of mental perception and understanding; discernment; penetration. 2) Archaic. keen vision. No. 2: Daniel H. Pink’s Drive “Goldilocks on a Cargo Ship” in Chapter 5 “Mastery”: Five faculty members from the University of Chicago gathered for dinner “- all of them economists, all of them winners of the Nobel Prize” (...) one of the men “asked the academics what they considered the most important issue in modern economics” (...) “all ended up saying a variation of ‘There’s something missing,’ that for all its explanatory power, economics still failed to offer a rich enough account of behavior, even in business settings” (...) the man that introduced the “concept of flow” in the mid-1970s “smiled and complimented his colleagues on their perspicacity” (114). No. 3: His perspicacity was astounding, the way he was able to absorb loads of information as easily as a sponge sponge absorbs water; however, the difference between the young man and the sponge is that the man fully understands what he is taking in. No. 4: In the 2010 film Inception, Leonardo DiCaprio’s character was an extremely perspicacious architect, capable of replicating the most outrageous details from reality to his dreams, fooling other insiders to believe that they are not asleep. |
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Definition: from http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/algorithm
a set of rules for solving a problem in a finite number of steps.
Passage from book:
“Behavioral scientists often divide what we do on the job or learn in school into two categories: “algorithmic” and “heuristic”. An algorithmic task is one in which you follow a set of established instructions down a single pathway to one conclusion” (27).
Sentence:
Alex learned the algorithm for solving the puzzling math problem.
Example from a film:
In the Social Network, Mark Zuckerberg asks his friend, and future co-founder of facebook, Eduardo Saverin for the algorithm which he needs to code Facemash. |
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: involving or serving as an aid to learning, discovery, or problem-solving by experimental and especially trial-and-error methods
: of or relating to exploratory problem-solving techniques that utilize self-educating techniques (as the evaluation of feedback) to improve performance
: using experience to learn and improve
“In other words, the central tenets of Motivation 2.0 may actually impair performance of the heuristic, right-brain work on which modern economies depend” (29)
I took up the heuristic job of being a scientist so that I can use my creative abilities to try new things to answer unsolved mysteries.
In The Dark Knight Rises Batman himself must use a heuristic technique to get out of Banes Jail because every time he attempted to get out he learned from his mistake and improved to meet the required mindset to make the final leap! dun dun dun! |
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1. “The intellectual identification with or vicarious experiencing of the feeling, thoughts, or attitudes of another” (Dictionary.com).
2. “Acknowledge that the task is boring. This is an act of empathy of course. And the acknowledgement will help people understand why this is the rare instance when “if-then” rewards are part of how your organization operates” (Pink 62).
3. I empathized with Tim when he didn’t get the part in the play that he really wanted.
4. In the book Mice of Men, Lenny is put down in society because he has a mental disability. As for me, I feel like I have been his shoes and feel empathy
towards Lenny because of having a disability of my own, auditory processing. I have been put down multiple times by my peers and also my community.
4. In the Movie The Help, I empathy for the housekeepers and how they were treated back in the day. |
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