Which One of These Students Has a Performance-Approach Goal

question 67

Multiple Choice

Which one of these students has a performance-approach goal?

• A) Frank finds a homework assignment too easy to waste his time on.
• B) Herb frequently asks questions in class in order to understand the information better.
• C) Selena decides to enter the school science fair in hopes of impressing her teacher, classmates, and parents.
• D) Rita was disappointed by her last test score in math. Realizing that people learn from their mistakes, she decides to study harder for the next test using different study strategies.

Understand the primary challenges and errors in performance appraisal systems.

Identify strategies to improve the fairness and reduce political behavior in appraisal systems.

Recognize and mitigate various types of rating errors, including distributional, halo, and horns errors.

Comprehend approaches to performance feedback and their effectiveness.

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Definitions:

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Thrown-ness

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