Julia's Teacher Expects Her to Pay Attention and Try Hard

question 141

Multiple Choice

Julia's teacher expects her to pay attention and try hard even if the material she is learning is hard and not interesting to her. Julia's teacher's expectations are:

• A) similar to what would be expected in an apprenticeship setting.
• B) a good fit only for children with high intelligence levels.
• C) different from what most teachers expect in formal education settings.
• D) related to motivation.

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Definitions:

Self-serving Bias

A cognitive bias that involves attributing positive outcomes to oneself and negative outcomes to external factors.

Spotlight Effect

The belief that others are paying more attention to one's appearance and behavior than they really are.

Self-efficacy

Self-efficacy refers to an individual's belief in their capacity to execute behaviors necessary to produce specific performance attainments.

Defensive Self-esteem

A form of self-esteem characterized by a fragile sense of self that is highly sensitive to perceived criticism or threat.