Mindi Has a Learning Goal Orientation

question 49

Multiple Choice

Mindi has a learning goal orientation. While she is competing in a national sales contest, she is strongly motivated to:

• A) develop new skills during the process of competing.
• B) make the other competitors look good.
• C) examine if her efforts would result in the desired outcome.
• D) impress other people with her skills.

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