A 15-year-old, needs to assess a risky situation to quickly…
A 15-year-old, needs to assess a risky situation to quickly get the gist of what is happening and glean that the situation is a dangerous context. She is unlikely to benefit from engaging in reflective, detailed, higher-level cognitive analysis about a decision, especially as it is a high-risk, real-world context where she would get bogged down in trivial detail. This kind of decision making is explained by the
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A girl believes that her qualities and learning abilities cannot change, despite all her efforts. Therefore, she has decided not to try at all and let her grades plummet. In the context of Carol Dweck’s description of mindsets, which of the following best describes the girl’s mindset?
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