College Students Who Experience Feelings of Learned Helplessness May Respond

question 344

Multiple Choice

College students who experience feelings of learned helplessness may respond to academic setbacks, such as failing a test, by:

• A) giving up prematurely on subsequent academic tasks or procrastinating instead of persisting.
• B) becoming more motivated to succeed and increasing their efforts on subsequent academic tasks.
• C) expressing their frustration through angry outbursts or other violent behavior.
• D) pairing up with a successful student and imitating that student's study habits.

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Definitions:

Mean of a Sample

The average value obtained by dividing the sum of all observations in a sample by the number of observations.

Mean of a Population

The average value derived from adding all the values in a population and then dividing by the number of values.

Null Hypothesis

A default hypothesis that there is no effect or no difference, used as a starting point for statistical significance testing.

One-sample Z-test

A statistical test used to determine if the mean of a single sample differs significantly from a known or hypothesized population mean.