Which Individual Is Most Likely to Experience a General Persistence

question 86

Multiple Choice

Which individual is most likely to experience a general persistence or learned industriousness effect?

• A) Matt, a player on a junior varsity soccer team, who learns that his excellent performance has earned him a place on the varsity team for the following season
• B) Nick, who was required to repeat two grades in elementary school and who is now starting junior high school
• C) Marcy, a straight-A student in high school who is taking a difficult Chinese language class for the first time in college
• D) Kristen, who wins a college scholarship through a random drawing by her father's labor union

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