Little Maria Believes That If She Just Works Hard Enough

question 118

Multiple Choice

Little Maria believes that if she just works hard enough, she can learn anything she sets her mind to. According to Carol Dweck, Maria has:

• A) low self-efficacy
• B) an unrealistic self-concept
• C) a learning orientation
• D) a performance orientation

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Definitions:

Externalities

Costs or benefits that affect a party who did not choose to incur those costs or benefits, often leading to market failure if unaddressed by policy.

Rent-seeking Activities

Efforts to increase one’s share of existing wealth without creating new wealth, often through manipulation of the economic environment.

Economic Efficiency

Economic Efficiency occurs when a system allocates resources in a way that maximizes the production of goods and services at the lowest cost.

Political Corruption

The abuse of entrusted power by political leaders for private gain, undermining democracy and governance.