Which of the Following Best Describes the Incremental View of Ability

question 43

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes the incremental view of ability?

• A)the belief that one's ability can be improved through increased effort and practice
• B)the tendency to give up after failing at a task a number of times
• C)the tendency to make internal-stable attributions for successes and failures
• D)the belief that ability is not influenced by effort or practice

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Definitions:

Susceptibility

The likelihood or predisposition of an individual or population to be affected by a disease or condition based on genetic or environmental factors.

Codominance

Condition in which two alleles of a locus are expressed in a heterozygote.

Incomplete Dominance

A genetic occurrence in which the trait exhibited by a heterozygous individual is a blend of the traits from both homozygous parents.

Epistasis

An interaction between genes in which the effect of one gene is modified or completely masked by another gene.