Alex doesn’t enjoy coding very much, but his primary interest in learning to program well is because he believes he is more likely to land a high-paying job after high school. Alex appears to ______ for learning to code.

a. be extrinsically motivated
b. be intrinsically motivated
c. have a growth orientation
d. be experiencing flow


Ans: A

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