If you wanted to encourage kindergartners to delay gratification, you would be most likely to:
a. tell them that how well they behave at the end of the day is what really counts.
b. ask them to focus on how good it feels to do something nice for a classmate.
c. talk about how their learning efforts today will pay off in the years to come.
d. occasionally remind them that they will get a bigger reward by waiting a couple of hours.
d
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Letters and notes will be most effective at motivating parents when they
A) Emphasize the child's specific problems and issues B) Are sent home only when truly necessary C) Include information about both the overall program and the individualchild D) Are written in formal, professional language that demonstrates the teacher's superior knowledge of child development
Which of the following is an example of a specific short-term goal?
a. I will do better in school this semester. b. I will study more for my classes this semester. c. I will earn at least a B on all of my exams this semester. d. I will get better sleep during the week this semester.
A researcher wanted to know if sex and age affected how susceptible people were to distraction. She measured men and women of either 18-25, 26-30 and those over 31 in two task conditions, one where they carried out a task with no distraction and one where they did a similar task but with the TV on and tuned to a sport channel. The tables below indicate the experiment findings. Using the tables, indicate how many people took part in this study?
Tests of Within-Subjects Effects Measure: MEASURE_1 Source Type III Sum of Squares df Mean Square F Sig. tasks 170.408 1 170.408 42.416 .000 tasks * Sex 175.208 1 175.208 43.610 .000 tasks * Age 17.817 2 8.908 2.217 .119 tasks * Sex * Age 16.117 2 8.058 2.006 .144 Error(tasks) 216.950 54 4.018 Tests of Between-Subjects Effects Measure: MEASURE_1 Transformed Variable: Average Source Type III Sum of Squares df Mean Square F Sig. Intercept 20988.075 1 20988.075 3623.840 .000 Sex 330.008 1 330.008 56.980 .000 Age 22.650 2 11.325 1.955 .151 Sex * Age 9.017 2 4.508 .778 .464 Error 312.750 54 5.792 A. 54 B. 58 C. 60 D. 64
Describe what Atkinson means by a student's need for achievement
What will be an ideal response?