PSYC 471 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Motivation, Factor 5, David Deming
3 Dec 2015
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Koestner"s brother didn"t get involved in organized sport in school like he did. At 18, koestner abandoned playing basketball while his brother, at 61 years old, still enjoys playing basketball. In senior year, koestner was captain of the team. In senior year, once every 25 years, the high school is invited to play basketball at madison garden. By avoiding organized sports, his brother found it easier to still find flow in the activity later on. The team had 5 wins and 19 losses. His whole family was there to watch. The team had one star player and they were matched to a team that was a little better than them. The other team always covered the star player as strategy and let koestner free with no defense. He missed another 5 shots and then was taken out of the game. Koestner had lost his intrinsic motivation to play basketball and this was the point when he.
