Both Julia and Celia Are Equally Negative About Their Daughters

question 98

Multiple Choice

Both Julia and Celia are equally negative about their daughters' competencies in mathematics, based on the daughters equally poor math performances. Yet, over the next two years, Julia's daughter shows distinct improvements in math whereas Celia's daughter does not. Pomerantz and Dong (2006) might explain this result by suggesting that

• A) Julia accepts and Celia rejects an entity theory of intelligence
• B) Julia is more inclined than Celia to send the message that academic competencies can be improved by working harder
• C) both of these
• D) none of these

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