As children begin to compose their ideas about their abilities, they generally begin to approach academic tasks in a patterned way. All of the following are examples of potential approaches according to Dweck (1999) EXCEPT

a. mastery-oriented
b. helpless
c. motivation-oriented
d. performance


Ans: c

Psychology

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a. psychoanalysis. b. couples therapy. c. family therapy. d. systematic desensitization.

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Teens randomly assigned to play Wii (video game) tennis against a competitor, to play regular tennis, or to engage in sedentary computer activity for 30 minutes found that

a. the most calories were expended in regular tennis. b. the most calories were expended in Wii tennis. c. a similar amount of calories were expended in Wii tennis and regular tennis. d. neither exercise program resulted in greater calorie expenditure than sedentary computer activity.

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The process of mitosis results in daughter cells that have half the number of cells as the original one

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Psychology

What happens in a DRA procedure?

What will be an ideal response?

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