Research on Best Practices in Coaching and Mentoring Shows All

question 55

Multiple Choice

Research on best practices in coaching and mentoring shows all but one of the following conclusions:

• A) The person being coached or mentored must want to improve
• B) Some behaviors cannot be changed
• C) Practice is critical for success
• D) Accountability for effort must be maintained
• E) Age and success are inversely related

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Definitions:

Complex Thought

Higher-order thinking that involves the integration of multiple elements, such as analysis, synthesis, and evaluation, to solve problems or understand concepts.

Synaptic Pruning

The process of eliminating weaker synaptic connections in the brain while strengthening others, which occurs primarily during early development.

Exuberant Synaptogenesis

A rapid growth in synaptic density that prepares the brain for a vast range of possible experiences.

Perceptual Narrowing

A process in which infants lose their apparently innate abilities to detect certain sensory features because those features do not occur very often in their environments.