In Giving Praise, Parents Should Try to Avoid ________ If

question 29

Multiple Choice

In giving praise, parents should try to avoid ________ if they want to enhance their child's intrinsic motivation for the task.

• A) conveying the message that there is a fixed amount of ability that one either has or doesn't have
• B) making the child feel competent in the area
• C) making the child feel as though the task required hard work
• D) conveying the message that the task was one that the child chose to do on his or her own initiative

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