extrinsic and intrinsic motivation, which method do you think is predominantly used in Singapore? What are the impacts on the Singapore society?

according to dictionary.com, extrinsic is being outside a thing; outward or external; operating or coming from without: extrinsic influences. whereas intrinsic means belonging to a thing by its very nature.

Singapore also known as a "fine" city. thus i feel that Singapore uses more of an extrinsic motivation. as Lim has mentioned, he mentioned that Singapore uses the bonus methods to encourage singaporeans to procreate. he mentioned the baby bonus method.Singapore also has many other methods like fining if one spits, litters, smokes indoors, etc. other than the 'punishment' methods, there are also the bonuses methods. for example, longer maternal leave so as to encourage procreation, and etc. thus it seems like singapore uses more of an extrinistic motivation.

for this kind of motivation. there are pros and cons.
beginning with cons, as mentioned in the article, many have felt that by providing the baby bonus to encourage pro creation, feels more of an invasion to privacy rather than a bonus. thus, by using this method, it could be restricting our human rights in some way.

however there are pros too. singapore is one of the only countries that uses caning as a form of punishment. it actually acts as a kind of deterrence to prevent crimes. this form of deterrence is useful because crime rates have significantly decreased. with the most significant as drug trafficking.

thus after weighing the pros and cons, i feel that this method is useful to a large extent, since 'cash bonuses and fines might be a far more efficient way to drive human behaviour than allowing people to decide based on their inner inclinations.'