University Students Who Focus on the Interest and Challenge of Their

question 136

Multiple Choice

University students who focus on the interest and challenge of their schoolwork rather than on simply meeting deadlines and securing good grades are especially likely to demonstrate

• A) a mental set.
• B) creativity.
• C) extrinsic motivation.
• D) belief perseverance.

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Definitions:

Randomized Block Experiment

An experimental design in which subjects are first divided into blocks based on certain inherent characteristics, and then within each block, treatments are randomly assigned to subjects to control for the block effects.

Variation

The degree to which data points in a statistical distribution or data set diverge from the average or mean.

Degrees of Freedom

The number of independent values or quantities which can be assigned to a statistical distribution, minus the number of parameters estimated.

Number of Treatments

The total count of distinct experimental conditions applied in research to assess their effects on outcomes.