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extrinsic adjective accessory, added, additional, alien, apart, applied from without, collateral, contingent, derived from without, exterior, external, extra, extraneous, extrinsical, foreign, incidental, irrelevant, nonessential, peripheral, secondary, separate, strange, subordinate, subsidiary, supplemental, unessential Associated concepts: extrinsic agreements, extrinsic ambiiuity, extrinsic circumstances, extrinsic evidence, extrinsic facts, extrinsic fraud, extrinsic mistake See also: alien, extraneous, foreign, incidental, nonessential, unessential, unnecessary EVIDENCE, EXTRINSIC. External evidence, or that which is not contained in
the body of an agreement, contract, and the like.
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The participants may be extrinsically motivated to accomplish the goals set forth by their teachers because of the inability to set self-imposed contingencies or the inability to assess their own management practices at this age. Public performances often give extrinsically motivated students a sense of purpose when practicing. On the other hand, adult students may have a better idea of the benefit of education for them, and so be motivated intrinsically by the interest in the subject rather than extrinsically by the grade. |
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