When community service work is required by a school or business, there is the downside risk that people will infer that they are volunteering only because it is required and will be less likely to freely volunteer in the future. This risk is known as the __________.
A) self-fulfilling prophecy
B) spotlight effect
C) overjustification effect
D) door-in-the-face effect

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The overjustification effect occurs when people feel that their behavior is motivated by a requirement or an external reward rather than by their own intrinsic motivation. This may lead them to believe that they only volunteered because they had to and not because they wanted to, and they may be less likely to volunteer again in the future.

When Community Service Work Is Required by a School or Business