Twelve-Year-Old Rennie Believes That Effort and Practice Are the Key

question 10

Multiple Choice

Twelve-year-old Rennie believes that effort and practice are the key to academic success. He is more interested in becoming good at new tasks than showing how "smart" he is. A developmental psychologist would say that Rennie has an

• A) entity view of intelligence and a performance goal orientation.
• B) incremental view of intelligence and a performance goal orientation.
• C) entity view of intelligence and a mastery goal orientation.
• D) incremental view of intelligence and a challenge aversion orientation.
• E) incremental view of intelligence and a mastery goal orientation.

Understand the importance of people management for organizational improvement.

Acknowledge the potential consequences of management strategies that neglect employee welfare.

Distinguish between effective and ineffective management practices within organizational behavior.

Understand how to perform bank reconciliations and the key components involved, such as deposits in transit, outstanding checks, and bank service charges.

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Definitions:

Primary Reinforcement

A naturally rewarding stimulus, such as food or water, that satisfies a basic biological need and hence reinforces a behavior directly.

Secondary Reinforcement

A process in conditioning where a stimulus reinforces a behavior after it has been associated with a primary reinforcer.

Variable Ratio Schedule

A reinforcement schedule used in conditioning where a response is reinforced after an unpredictable number of responses, leading to high and steady response rates.

Fixed Ratio Schedule

A type of reinforcement schedule in behavioral psychology where a response is reinforced only after a specified number of responses.