Interventions in which children are assigned to either a learning goal condition or a performance goal condition suggest that:

a. the children given the learning goal are more persistent and successful because of higher social self-efficacy
b. the children given the learning goal are more persistent and successful because of higher peer acceptance
c. the children given the performance goal are more persistent and successful because of higher social self-efficacy
d. the children given the performance goal are more


Answer: a. the children given the learning goal are more persistent and successful because of higher social self-efficacy

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