In the classic motivation study by Lepper, Greene, and Nisbett, children who were _____ continued to show more of an interest in drawing than children in the other groups.

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The children in the control group, who were neither promised nor given Good Player certificates for previous drawings, continued to show more of an interest in drawing than children in the other groups. This suggests that the extrinsic rewards offered in the other groups undermined the children's intrinsic motivation to draw.

In the Classic Motivation Study by Lepper, Greene, and Nisbett