Which Student Is Most Likely to Succeed Academically

question 6

Multiple Choice

Which student is most likely to succeed academically?

• A) Susannah, an Italian-Canadian, who lives in an elite community in West Vancouver
• B) Jill, a Caucasian, who lives in an urban low-income townhome in Sudbury
• C) Charles, an Indigenous student, who lives on a middle-class farm in Manitoba
• D) Thomas, a Greek Canadian, who lives in a middle-class suburban apartment building in Calgary

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Definitions:

Dramatic Increase

A significant and rapid rise in numbers, magnitude, or extent of a particular phenomenon or metric.

Kurt Lewin

is known as the father of modern social psychology, who developed theories on group dynamics and organizational development.

Force Field Analysis

A method developed by Kurt Lewin to analyze the factors that support or hinder a particular situation or desired change by identifying and evaluating driving and restraining forces.

Resisting Forces

Factors that oppose or hinder change within an organization or system, making transformation efforts challenging.