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Download full textElbel, Jacquelyn; Horton, Irene P. – 1983
Attribution theorists have argued that if an intrinsically motivated activity is extrinsically reinforced, the activity will be devalued and extinguished when the reward is removed. Hypothesizing that activities performed for their instrumental outcome are valued less than activities not so externally oriented, and that activities performed for…
Descriptors: Activities, Attribution Theory, College Students, Higher Education
