Brenden is a student in Mrs. O'Donnell's high school algebra class. He barely passed math last year and knows he won't be able to succeed in algebra. He says he doesn't have the brains to do math no matter how much he works at it. The teacher offers to help him after school, but Brenden says it won't help. He's tried tutors before. Brenden's beliefs about himself illustrate:
a. controllable causes of failure.
b. an incremental view of intelligence.
c. an unstable view of ability.
d. learned helplessness.
d
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Program evaluations, such as the Early Childhood Environments Rating Scale (ECERS), are used for
a. research purposes. b. self-assessment. c. program evaluation. d. All of these answers.
Projective measures evolved from
a) behavioral psychology b) experimental psychology and statistics c) developmental psychology and learning theory d) psychoanalytic theory and gestalt psychology
Students who are slower to respond when called on to answer a question may benefit from
a. being called on when they're not paying attention, as this will motivate them to engage in the lesson more. b. being asked simple questions instead of more complex ones. c. increased time between the moment the teacher asks the question and the time that he/she calls on someone to answer it. d. not being called on unless they volunteer so they don't feel bad about themselves.