According to the Text, Which Type of Praise or Criticism

question 168

Multiple Choice

According to the text, which type of praise or criticism would be MOST likely to be associated with children developing an incremental/mastery orientation in response to failure?

• A) "I think you need to try harder."
• B) "You're very smart at these problems."
• C) "You just can't do math."
• D) "I'm proud of you."

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