Odessa's motivation to bake in her free time might remain high if customers regularly compliment her baking or cake decorating skills, illustrating how verbal praise can increase intrinsic motivation.

Odessa's Baking (Example of Verbal Praise)

Verbal praise is an example of an extrinsic reinforcement that might actually increase intrinsic motivation.

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Other studies suggest that intrinsic motivation may not be so vulnerable to the effects of extrinsic reinforcements. In fact, certain extrinsic reinforcements can actually increase intrinsic motivation.

Effects of Extrinsic Reinforcements on Intrinsic Motivation

Spielman, R. M., Jenkins, W. J., & Lovett, M. D. (2020, April 22). Psychology (2nd ed.). OpenStax. https://openstax.org/books/psychology-2e/pages/1-introduction

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