As You Get Ready to Write an Exam, You Are

question 276

Multiple Choice

As you get ready to write an exam, you are thinking about your grade and how you will be at the top of the class this time. You are focusing on

• A) a need for achievement
• B) mastery-avoidance goals
• C) mastery-approach goals
• D) performance-approach goals
• E) performance-avoidance goals

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Definitions:

School Refusal

A pattern in which children fear going to school and often stay home for a long period of time. Also called school phobia.

Separation Anxiety

A disorder characterized by excessive fear or anxiety about being apart from family members or individuals to whom one is attached.

Congenital Disorder

A medical condition that is present at or before birth regardless of its cause, often resulting from genetic anomalies, infections, or maternal exposure to substances that cause birth defects.

Progressive Loss

A continual deterioration or decline in function or ability, often associated with diseases or conditions affecting the brain.