– can be used effectively in the short-term and can increase intrinsic motivation if they are informational rather than controlling. An example of a controlling extrinsic positive motivator might be telling an athlete they have to perform well in order to keep their scholarship. While keeping a scholarship is a positive extrinsic motivator, in the example it is being used to control athlete’s behavior. Positive extrinsic motivators that are controlling tend to decrease intrinsic motivation. ‘
Controlling’ extrinsic motivators decrease intrinsic motivation. ‘Informational’ extrinsic motivators increase intrinsic motivation