After a Few Weeks of Taking Clarinet Lessons, Kamron Has

question 145

Multiple Choice

After a few weeks of taking clarinet lessons, Kamron has decided that playing the clarinet has to do more with ability than effort and that he simply does not have the ability. Instead of persisting or changing his strategy, he decides to quit. This is related to

• A) negative cognitive capacity.
• B) learned helplessness.
• C) self-fulfilling prophecy.
• D) theory of mind.

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