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Extrinsic
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EVIDENCE, EXTRINSIC. External evidence, or that which is not contained in the body of an agreement, contract, and the like.
     2. It is a general rule that extrinsic evidence cannot be admitted to contradict, explain, vary or change the terms of a contract or of a will, except in a latent ambiguity, or to rebut a resulting trust. 14 John. 1; 1 Day, R. 8; 6 Conn. 270.



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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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