Marla Wants to Be a Writer and Continues to Receive

question 97

Multiple Choice

Marla wants to be a writer and continues to receive rejections for her submitted articles. She says, "I just have to be patient and keep improving my writing craft." Marla displays a

• A) growth mindset.
• B) fixed mindset.
• C) helpless orientation.
• D) performance orientation.

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Definitions:

Conditioned Response

A learned response to a previously neutral stimulus that has become conditioned.

Conditioned Stimulus

An original neutral stimulus that, following its connection with an unconditioned stimulus, starts to evoke a conditioned response.

Unconditioned Stimulus

A stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response without prior conditioning.

Unconditioned Response

An automatic and natural response to an unconditioned stimulus, not learned through previous experience, typical in classical conditioning scenarios.