Some Have Argued That Giving an External Reward for a Particular

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Multiple Choice

Some have argued that giving an external reward for a particular action will cause intrinsic motivation to repeat that action to decrease. In other words, if you reward someone for doing something that they want to do, they will experience a reduction in the desire to repeat that action. Others have suggested that intrinsic motivation does not actually decrease but that their reluctance to repeat the activity is better explained by the contrast effect. This points out to us the importance of the critical-thinking concept of

• A)ruling out rival hypotheses.
• B)Occam's Razor.
• C)correlation versus causation.
• D)extraordinary claims.

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