Maureen Thinks That Her Abilities Are Fluid and Capable of Changing

question 53

Multiple Choice

Maureen thinks that her abilities are fluid and capable of changing and developing over time. She decides to try to learn gardening. Her first year of planting is a complete failure-nearly every plant dies. She only harvests a few tomatoes. Given this information about Maureen, what can you predict about her interest in gardening?

• A)She will try again the next year and plan to learn from her mistakes.
• B)She will gradually experience learned helplessness and lose interest in gardening.
• C)She will be risk averse and not want to engage in gardening next year.
• D)She will plant only tomatoes because she was successful with tomato plants this year.

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