If your professor tells you that you will not have to take the final exam if you do well on the first exam, you have been given a(n) ________ to study.
A) drive but not a motive
B) intrinsic motivation
C) extrinsic motivation
D) unconscious motivation
E) external locus of control

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Being told that you will not have to take the final exam if you do well on the first exam is an example of extrinsic motivation, as the motivation to study is coming from an external source (the professor's offer of avoiding the final exam).

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