If a person engages in an intrinsically motivating activity and begins to receive extrinsic rewards for doing so, what happens to his or her intrinsic and extrinsic motivations?
A)Intrinsic decreases, while extrinsic increases.
B)Intrinsic increases, while extrinsic decreases.
C)Both decrease.
D)Both increase.

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When a person who initially engages in an activity for intrinsic reasons starts receiving extrinsic rewards, their intrinsic motivation tends to decrease, a phenomenon known as the overjustification effect. Meanwhile, their extrinsic motivation increases because they now have an external incentive for the activity.

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