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Panich52

(5,829 posts) Tue Jul 28, 2015, 10:05 AM Jul 2015

At what age does hard work make lousy rewards appealing?

At what age does hard work add a shine to lousy prizes?

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Putting in a lot of effort to earn a reward can make unappealing prizes more attractive to kindergartners, but not to preschoolers, according to new research. The findings revealed that when six-year-olds worked hard to earn stickers that they ultimately didn't like, they were loath to give them up, whereas four-year-olds were comparatively eager to give the unappealing stickers away.

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At what age does hard work make lousy rewards appealing? (Original Post) Panich52 Jul 2015 OP

Kindergarten is the age of cynicism. Ed Suspicious Jul 2015 #1

Put in 30 years at a safeinOhio Jul 2015 #2

graduate school? 6chars Jul 2015 #3

Ed Suspicious

(8,879 posts)

1. Kindergarten is the age of cynicism.

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Tue Jul 28, 2015, 10:12 AM

Jul 2015

safeinOhio

(34,093 posts)

2. Put in 30 years at a

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Tue Jul 28, 2015, 10:22 AM

Jul 2015

Physical, hard, crappy job. But, I had a union and made great money. Have been retired for 13 years now and having a great time. Looking back, it was worth it.

6chars

(3,967 posts)

3. graduate school?

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Tue Jul 28, 2015, 11:57 AM

Jul 2015

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