Lucy Volunteers to Teach the Children of a Local Orphanage

question 93

Multiple Choice

Lucy volunteers to teach the children of a local orphanage baseball on weekends.The manager of the orphanage offers to pay Lucy if she coaches the children for four days a week.Initially,Lucy is excited about the offer and accepts it.However,after a few weeks,she feels less enthusiastic about the classes and stops visiting the orphanage.In the context of psychology,which of the following is illustrated in this scenario?

• A)the subadditivity effect
• B)the overjustification effect
• C)cognitive dissonance
• D)clustering illusion

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The societal and economic order that encourages the acquisition of goods and services in ever-increasing amounts.

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