Which one of the following alternatives best describes differences between children with a mastery orientation and children with learned helplessness?
a. Children with a mastery orientation expect that they will have to work extremely hard to master new tasks. Children with learned helplessness usually overestimate their abilities.
b. Children with a mastery orientation set easily attainable goals and become frustrated when they don't attain those goals effortlessly. Children with learned helplessness set goals that are almost impossible to attain.
c. Children with a mastery orientation attribute their successes to external, uncontrollable factors. Children with an attitude of learned helplessness attribute failures to internal, controllable factors.
d. Children with a mastery orientation set high goals and seek challenges. Children with learned helplessness underestimate their ability and set low goals.
D
You might also like to view...
Which of the following is true of mentor teachers?
A) They earn minimum of three professional development credits in a given academic year. B) They are specially trained to work with academically weak students to improve their performance. C) They are generally master teachers who have demonstrated a love of teaching and learning. D) They are generally master teachers in the field of mathematics who prepare students for high school.
Sharing is not something children learn during unstructured play
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Passed in 1975, this law required states to provide free, appropriate public education for every child between the ages of 3 and 21 (unless state law does not provide free public education to children 3 to 5 or 18 to 21 years of age) regardless of how, or how seriously, he may be handicapped
a. Public Law 99-457 b. Public Law 101-476 c. Public Law 94-142 d. IDEA
Relatives provide over half of the child care for families of preschool-age children
Indicate whether the statement is true or false