According to the 'over justification effect', what is the consequence of rewarding children for an activity that they already enjoy?
a. The reward causes the children to perform the activity more independently.
b. the reward causes the children to enjoy the activity less
c. the reward causes the children to enjoy the activity even more
d. the reward causes children to invest more time and effort in the activity
Q. According to the 'over justification effect', what is the consequence of rewarding children for an activity that they already enjoy?
Ans. the reward causes the children to enjoy the activity less.
This happens because the children receiving the external reward starts paying more attention to the external reward that decreases his internal motivation to do that act that he was doing because he used to enjoy it and he was internally motivated to do it.
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