In One Study That Followed Eighth-Graders Over a School Year,________

question 72

Multiple Choice

In one study that followed eighth-graders over a school year,________ was more than twice as important as intelligence score in predicting academic success.

• A) mindfulness meditation
• B) optimism
• C) the faith factor
• D) self-control

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Definitions:

DNA Evidence

Genetic material used in courts or investigations to prove the presence or absence of an individual at a crime scene, or to establish paternity or other relationships.

Protists

The group of eukaryotic organisms that are not a plant, fungus, or animal. Protists are generally a microscopic, complex single cell; they evolved before other types of eukaryotes in the history of Earth.

Common Ancestor

The most recent individual from which all organisms in a group are directly descended.

Green Algae

Members of a diverse group of photosynthetic protists; contain chlorophylls a and b and have other biochemical characteristics like those of plants.