Students Who Experience Repeated Academic Failures May Develop a Style

question 28

Multiple Choice

Students who experience repeated academic failures may develop a style of learning known as ______ in which they do not trust their own abilities and rely on others for help.

• A)externalism
• B)motivation
• C)outer directedness
• D)locus of direction

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Definitions:

Diffusion Of Responsibility

An aspect of the bystander effect whereby the presence of others leads to a decreased sense of personal responsibility to act.

Civil Inattention

An unspoken rule governing interactions in public places, whereby individuals briefly notice others before ignoring them.

Environmental Justice

A movement that aims to remedy environmental inequities such as threats to public health and the unequal treatment of certain communities with regard to ecological concerns.

New Ecological Paradigm

A way of understanding human life as just one part of an ecosystem that includes many species’ interactions with the environment; suggests that there should be ecological limits on human activity.