Zoe,a teenager,likes to help her mother in the kitchen,and her parents reward her with pocket money for doing so.Zoe thinks she helps in the kitchen because of the rewards rather than because she wants to.In the context of socializing altruism,Zoe's act is due to ________ in this scenario.

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The overjustification effect occurs when an extrinsic reward undermines the intrinsic motivation to perform a behavior. In this scenario, Zoe's act of helping in the kitchen is prompted by the extrinsic reward of pocket money, which undermines her intrinsic motivation to help her mother because she genuinely wants to. This is an example of the overjustification effect.

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