Question

Josephine bought her six-year-old nephew, Joseph, a new set of paints for his birthday. Hoping to encourage the little artist, Josephine promised Joseph one dollar for every painting. Joseph thinks that is quite a lot of money. According to research by Lepper and colleagues (1973) on overjustification effects, which of the following is most likely to occur?
a. Joseph will come to see painting pictures as a way to make money, not as something enjoyable in itself.
b. Joseph will develop a love for painting and will want to be an artist when he grows up.
c. Joseph will continue to paint even if his aunt eventually stops rewarding him with money.
d. The paintings for which Joseph receives money will be judged as better quality than the paintings for which hedoes not receive any money.

Answer 1

Answer: Option(a) is correct option

Explanation:

As per theory of Lepper and colleagues (1973), rewards play a major role in motivation of a student for performing activity as compared to non-rewarding activity.They describes about undermine of performance due to presence of reward in certain time and situation.

According to the question, Joseph will tend to paint in future because he has seen it as the method of earning money as reward rather than making it a passion or enjoying painting.He is interest in money majorly

Other options are incorrect because Joseph becoming an artist in future, still carry out painting passion even if aunt stops rewarding him and money rewarding painting are considered better than no-money rewarding painting are not the outcome of scenario. Thus, the correct option is option(a).