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Louise Belcher: Cognitive Evaluation Theory The psychological theory of “cognitive evaluation theory” (CET) stipulates that people use external events as incentives and consequences in their day-to-day life and decision making (Chapter 5). There are a few propositions associated with cognitive evaluation theory, such as that (1) it “can increase intrinsic and decrease extrinsic motivation”, (2) external events that promote greater perceived competence will enhance intrinsic motivation, while those that decrease perceived competence will decrease intrinsic motivation, (3) intrinsic motivation is undermined by perceived incompetence (Chapter 5). To better illustrate proposition three, external events are generally thought of as having either an informational or controlling aspect, and that controlling events are thought of as being harmful towards on autonomy and decreasing intrinsic motivation and promoting extrinsic motivation (Chapter 5). Inversely, informational events are generall...
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