Maureen thinks that her abilities are fluid and capable of changing and developing over time. She decides to try to learn to garden. Her first year of planting is a complete failure--nearly every plant dies. She only harvests a few tomatoes. Given what you know about Maureen, what can you predict about her interest in gardening?
a. She will try again the next year and plan to learn from her mistakes.
b. She will probably experience learned helplessness and lose interest in gardening.
c. She will probably be risk averse and not want to garden next year.
d. She will probably plant only the tomatoes because those are what she had success with this year.
Question 2
According to research on prejudice and self-regulation, which of the following people would likely perform the worst on a self-regulation task?
a. Al, a highly prejudiced white man who has just been talking with a group of black people
b. Juan, a highly prejudiced Mexican who has just been talking with other Mexicans
c. Richard, a fairly unprejudiced Asian man who has just been talking with a group of Latinos
d. Pierre, a fairly unprejudiced white man who has just been talking with other whites
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