Author Question: A student who has a moderately strong degree of self-efficacy for solving math problems will likely ... (Read 33 times)

Mimi · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

A student who has a moderately strong degree of self-efficacy for solving math problems will likely

a. persist on a mathematical task until success is attained or corrective feedback is given.
b. abandon a math task at the first sign of difficulty.
c. avoid obviously difficult math problems because she is realistic about her possibilities for success.
d. attempt to solve the problems that appear easy and then guess on the others so that he does not establish a pattern of failure.

Question 2

A child gets a kitten and learns the essential elements of taking care of it. One day the child finds a baby wild rabbit on the side of a busy road, with no mother in sight. The child takes the rabbit home and successfully raises it, even though she has had no experience taking care of wild animals. This kind of cognitive transfer is termed

a. specific transfer. c. negative transfer.
b. general transfer. d. zero transfer.