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overjustification effect

effect that occurs when an expected external incentive such as money or prizes decreases a person's intrinsic motivation to perform a task
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overjustification effect

Summary

overjustification effect is a cognitive bias[1]. It draws 116 Wikipedia views per month (cognitive_bias category, ranking #46 of 95).[2]

Key Facts

  • overjustification effect's instance of is recorded as cognitive bias[3].
  • overjustification effect's GND ID is recorded as 4237154-5[4].
  • overjustification effect's part of is recorded as psychological terminology[5].
  • overjustification effect's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/067j20[6].
  • overjustification effect's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 76217610[7].
  • overjustification effect's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 35018[8].

Why It Matters

overjustification effect draws 116 Wikipedia views per month (cognitive_bias category, ranking #46 of 95).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_overjustification-effect_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{overjustification effect}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/overjustification-effect}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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