A Budding Author Wishes to Improve Her Typing

question 116

Multiple Choice

A budding author wishes to improve her typing. Which of the following would be least helpful in a program to help her reach her goal?

• A) giving herself reinforcement each time she consistently improves in either speed or accuracy
• B) keeping a careful record of her current rates of speed and accuracy
• C) punishing herself whenever she fails to achieve the goals she has set for herself
• D) deciding on specific improvements she wishes to make in speed and accuracy

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A measure of a person's intelligence as indicated by an intelligence test, expressed as a number relative to a statistical norm.

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