What Is the Difference Between a Learning Goal Orientation, a Performance-Prove

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Essay

What is the difference between a learning goal orientation, a performance-prove goal orientation, and a performance-avoid goal orientation, and what effect do they have on learning and performance?

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Definitions:

Opportunity for Selection

The potential for natural selection to act on a population, often quantified by the variance in reproductive success among individuals.

Individual Variation

Differences in characteristics such as traits, behaviors, or genetics among members of a single species or population.

Operational Sex Ratio

The ratio of sexually active males to receptive females in a population at any given time, affecting mating behavior and strategy.

Two-Fold Cost of Sex

A hypothesis in evolutionary biology that suggests sexual reproduction is twice as costly as asexual reproduction, since only females contribute to the gene pool of the offspring.