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Three other motivational factors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 October 2005

Kent Bach
Kent Bach*
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA94132http://online.sfsu.edu/~kbach
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Abstract

Ainslie uses his hyperbolic discount model to explain a dazzling array of puzzling motivational phenomena. In so doing, he assumes that the motivational force of a given option at a given time is directly proportional to its discount-adjusted reward as assessed at that time. He overlooks three other factors which, independently of the perceived reward, can affect motivational force.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 28 , Issue 5 , October 2005 , pp. 651 - 652
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005

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