A school environment that stresses competition and outstanding academic successes leads to a(n) _____ orientation among students

A) mastery
B) performance
C) superiority
D) defeatist


Answer: B

Psychology

You might also like to view...

Jessica, a 78-year-old never married woman is making end-of-life decisions for herself. It is particularly important that she _____

a. be legally competent to make her own end-of-life decisions b. be close enough to death that the decisions are meaningful c. have at least two family members sign off on her decisions d. find a lawyer who will fight her family should they disagree

Psychology

The main active ingredient in Red Bull and other energy drinks is

A. taurine. B. caffeine. C. guanine. D. tyrosine.

Psychology

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

a) The need to maintain an appropriate level of arousal can motivate human behaviors. b) Humans are sometimes motivated to increase tension. c) Having an unbalanced internal state can motivate human behaviors. d) Biological needs, such as the desire for money and fame, play the largest role in the motivation of human behavior.

Psychology

According to the article Reach for the Sky about peoples' estimations of their own physical ability, which of the following was NOT a task used by Plumert in the main study?

(a) vertical reach (b) reaching out to grab a toy off a block (c) demonstrating reflex responses (d) stepping over two sticks that are spaced apart

Psychology