Which of the Following Is Probably an Example of the Overjustification

question 88

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is probably an example of the overjustification effect?

• A) Professional tennis players do not like to play tennis in their spare time.
• B) Workers who are promised a bonus for increasing their productivity work harder than do workers who are not offered a bonus.
• C) Children who are punished for touching the stove are more likely to quit touching it if the parents explain why they punished the children.
• D) People who are trying to lose weight but who have just violated their diet are likely to overeat during the later meals of the day as well.

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Definitions:

Pancreas

A glandular organ in the digestive system and endocrine system which secretes digestive enzymes and hormones such as insulin.

Posterior Pituitary

An extension of the brain located at the base of the skull responsible for the secretion of hormones like oxytocin and vasopressin.

Metanephros

Most caudally located of the three excretory organs appearing during embryonic development; becomes the permanent kidney of mammals. In mammalian embryos, it is formed caudal to the mesonephros and develops later as the mesonephros undergoes regression.

Pronephros

In the embryos of higher vertebrates, a series of tubules emptying into the celomic cavity. It is a temporary structure in the human embryo, followed by the mesonephros and still later by the metanephros, which gives rise to the kidney.