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The librarian is pleased to find that students report reading more books over the summer than ever before. However, the number of books borrowed from the library decreases in the fall. Psychologists would likely explain these findings with
Use the following information to answer question:
The school librarian wants to encourage children to read over the summer. Therefore, she sets up a system where students get a prize for every five books they read over the summer.
(A) the over justification effect.
(B) social learning theory.
(C) the Premack principle.
(D) the law of effect.
(E) latent learning.
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(A) the over justification effect.
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The fact that students read more books in the summer but fewer books in the fall is probably due to the over justification effect, the finding that extrinsic rewards can undermine intrinsic motivation. Students who previously read because they liked to read may have come to think they read for the prizes and not because they liked reading. As a result, when the prizes are withdrawn, they no longer had a reason to read and therefore may have read less.
Posted : 25/04/2024 5:25 pm