According to Carol Dweck, Which of the Following Statements Represents

question 164

Multiple Choice

According to Carol Dweck, which of the following statements represents the MOST effective way to praise a child:

• A) "You are a very, very smart little girl."
• B) "You are so cute, who could think you wouldn't do well in school?"
• C) "You have a natural ability in mathematics; no wonder you do so well."
• D) "You did a nice job in writing that story. I especially like the way you described the clown."

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Definitions:

Purely Competitive Industry

Refers to a market structure where many firms sell identical products, entry and exit from the market are easy, and no single buyer or seller can influence the market price.

Demand Curve

This depicts how consumer demand for a product changes as the price of that product changes, illustrating the inverse relationship between price and quantity demanded.

Perfectly Elastic

Describes a situation in which quantity demanded or supplied changes infinitely in response to any change in price, visualized as a horizontal line on a demand or supply graph.

Marginal Revenue Curve

A graphical representation showing how marginal revenue varies as the quantity of output produced changes.