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TIL offering people extrinsic rewards for behavior that is already intrinsically motivated decreases the intrinsic motivation as they grow less interested in it. This is because it undermines their autonomy (ability to feel in control of their behavior)
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However, verbal praise as the external reward increases intrinsic motivation
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