In the Lepper et al.(1973) study in which children received good player awards for a drawing activity, in which experimental condition did children show the largest decrease in their later intrinsic motivation to draw?
A)children in the no-reward condition
B)children in the expected reward condition
C)children in the unexpected reward condition
D)children who showed little or no intrinsic motivation at the start of the study

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In the study by Lepper et al. (1973), children in the expected reward condition showed the largest decrease in their later intrinsic motivation to draw. This finding supports the overjustification effect, where external rewards can reduce intrinsic motivation for an activity that was initially rewarding in itself.

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