Despite the demonstrated efficacy of awards in changing behavior, their use in education has been criticized by proponents of self-determination theory, who claim that praise and other rewards undermine intrinsic motivation.

Despite praise from critics and fans for her vocals on the three-month Street Angel tour, Nicks was crushed by the focus on her weight and the poor reception of the album itself.

Despite famously heckling Slough, John Betjeman's praise for the Town Hall's architecture as ' a striving for unity out of chaos ' in 1948 has never been so relevant as today.

Despite the film's kitschiness and melodrama, critics today still highly praise The Champ.

Despite this lack of promotion, many critics did praise the book, and a large number of them seemed most affected by the character of Hurstwood, such as the New Haven Journal Courier, which proclaimed, “ One of the most affecting passages is where Hurstwood falls, ruined, disgraced ”.

Despite the critical praise for Live Through This, furious rumors circulated insinuating that Cobain had actually written the majority of the album, though the band vehemently denies this.

According to Tim Newby: " Despite the endless parade of fans and praise, Burke always seemed to be two steps ahead or one step behind his contemporaries.

Despite the lack of consensus, by the end of 2000 the album was appearing frequently in critics ' top ten lists as praise for Radiohead's experimentation appeared to outweigh reservations.

Despite initial praise as providing " CD sound quality ", both Beta Hi-Fi and VHS HiFi suffered from " carrier buzz ", where high frequency information bled into the audio carriers, creating momentary " buzzing " and other audio flaws.

Despite this, his Warner cartoons have seen renewed praise in decades since for their surrealistic qualities, energetic and outrageous animation, and irreverent humor.

Despite his belief that the Bible was fallible, Martineau continued to hold the view, which was not so much characteristic of the man as of the school in which he had been trained, that " in no intelligible sense can any one who denies the supernatural origin of the religion of Christ be termed a Christian ," which term, he explained, was used not as " a name of praise ," but simply as " a designation of belief.

" Despite very little praise from critics, the album was sold well, and was certified " Gold " in sales by the RIAA.

Despite this, Sir Alex Ferguson was full of praise for the striker, who scored three goals in 13 matches in all competitions during his three-month stay, saying, " He's been fantastic for us, his professionalism, his attitude, everything he's done has been excellent.

Despite praise from other Imagineers, Disney did not like the idea of a run-down building in his pristine park, hence his well-known saying, " We'll take care of the outside and let the ghosts take care of the inside.

Despite praise from some critics, the album was a commercial failure.

Despite the critical praise, Rimsky-Korsakov was annoyed that the other aspects of the piece were being ignored.

Despite the initial mixed criticism, Gremlins has continued to receive critical praise over the years.

Despite initial critical praise and fearless performances from its leads ( notably Rhys-Meyers and McGregor, who performed all their musical numbers ), the film received mixed reviews from critics and audiences.

Despite his talent and the praise of various contemporaries, Købke had never been inundated with commissions.

Despite the overall negative response, the books carry blurbs of praise from some newspapers and well known sci-fi authors, such as Orson Scott Card and A. E. van Vogt.

Despite the praise and the participation of the Oscar-nominated Polley, a major movie star in Canada, the film was a flop at the box office, and was not released on DVD.

Despite his box office success, he has found little critical praise, and has often been parodied and / or labeled as the worst working director.

Despite their mutual estrangement, Vinícius would afterwards write two sonnets-the first in 1939 (" Sonnet to Octavio de Faria "), the second during the 1960s (" Octavio ") in ( ambivalent ) praise of his old friend.

Despite the initial hype and critical praise, total sales for Elbow Beach were weaker than the previous two productions, and the album peaked at number twelve.

Despite the relatively short life of the band, The Teardrop Explodes has continued to sustain interest and praise since its demise and the band ’ s back catalogue of recordings has been reissued several times over the last thirty years.

Despite three warnings, no sense of moral urgency impelled him to distinguish his situation, and thus his responsibilities, from Wilson's.

Despite the fact that he was regarded as an outstanding engineer, he seemed to be a very poor administrator, although no one quite knew what was wrong with him.

Despite the bitterness of the defeat for Lincoln, his articulation of the issues gave him a national political reputation.

Despite his inelegant appearance — many in the audience thought him awkward and even ugly — Lincoln demonstrated an intellectual leadership that brought him into the front ranks of the party and into contention for the Republican presidential nomination.

Despite his dissatisfaction with McClellan's failure to reinforce Pope, Lincoln was desperate, and restored him to command of all forces around Washington, to the dismay of all in his cabinet but Seward.

Despite this, Ajax managed to hide in the altar of an unnamed deity where the Greeks, fearing divine retribution should they kill him and destroy the altar, allowed him to live.

Despite the alliance, one of the high-ranking Batavi, Julius Paullus, to give him his Roman name, was executed by Fonteius Capito on a false charge of rebellion.

Despite being short on cash at times, he often refused money that his friends offered him out of their own pockets.

Despite his ill health, Haley began compiling notes for possible use as a basis for either a biographical film based on his life, or a published autobiography ( accounts differ ), and there were plans for him to record an album in Memphis, Tennessee, when the brain tumor began affecting his behavior and he went back to his home in Harlingen, Texas, where he died early in the morning of February 9, 1981.

Despite a victory at Alexandria on 31 July 30 BC, more of Mark Antony's men deserted, leaving him with insufficient forces to fight Octavian.

Despite this huge show of force, the battle will be short-lived, for Ezekiel, Daniel, and Revelation all say that this last desperate attempt to destroy the people and the city of God will end in disaster: " I will bring him to judgment with pestilence and bloodshed.

Despite this, Caligula relentlessly tormented his uncle: playing practical jokes, charging him enormous sums of money, humiliating him before the Senate, and the like.

Despite these complaints, Clement is generally not considered a heretic in the Catholic Church, but such concerns about his orthodoxy led to him being removed from the Roman martyrology in 1586, and he is not revered as a saint in contemporary Roman Catholicism.

Despite this, Almagro still obtained an important fortune for his services, and the King awarded him in November 1532 the noble title of " Don " and he was assigned a personal coat of arms.

Despite the fact that El Cid's mother's family was aristocratic, in later years the peasants would consider him one of their own.

Despite a chronic shortage of money, he succeeded in learning Greek by an intensive, day-and-night study of three years, continuously begging his friends to send him books and money for teachers in his letters.

Despite Bacon's advice to him, James and the Commons found themselves at odds over royal prerogatives and the king's embarrassing extravagance.

Despite all and as a mark of gratitude the pope appointed him legate at Bologna in 1367, but he died at Viterbo the same year.

Despite these precedents, George V was still very reluctant to accept Scullin's recommendation of Sir Isaac Isaacs, and asked him to consider Field Marshal Sir William Birdwood.

Despite his light letter-writing in youth, in later life his correspondence was so voluminous that it has been estimated that he may have written around 30, 000 letters to various correspondents, a figure which places him second only to Voltaire as an epistolarian.

Despite the thousands of political cartoons and hundreds of illustrative works attributed to him, a measurable amount of Tenniel ’ s fame comes specifically from his work as the illustrator of Alice.

Despite greatly outnumbering Caesar, who only had his Thirteenth Legion with him, Pompey did not intend to fight.