Abstract
Alternative predictions about the influence of surveillance on intrinsic motivation were derived from cognitive evaluation and objective self-awareness theories. Adult Ss in Experiment 1 were assigned to surveillance conditions that implicated either controlling or noncontrolling surveillant intentions or to no-surveillance conditions. A behavioral measure revealed greater intrinsic motivation in the noncontrolling intention and no-surveillance conditions than in the controlling intention conditions (ps<.05). Experiment 2 examined why the lowest level of intrinsic motivation in Experiment 1 occurred when the surveillant did not specify a reason for watching Ss
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