Last Week,Marissa Scored High on a Math Quiz

question 18

Multiple Choice

Last week,Marissa scored high on a math quiz.She told her best friend,"I lucked out this time." This week her score was lower and she told her friend,"I just don't have the head for this stuff." A likely consequence of these explanations is that she will

• A)deliberately do poorly in math to avoid seeming unfeminine.
• B)study harder for the next math quiz.
• C)develop a sense of learned helplessness about math.
• D)expect that her luck will change and she will do better next time.

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