Between ages 13 to 15, the most common phobia is fear of ____

Which of the following goals is more likely to foster achievement motivation?*

a. I am going to do better in school. b. I am going to increase my grades. c. I am going to raise my grade from a C to a B in algebra. d. I am going to study more.

Peng and Nisbett (1999) found that when students were presented with two apparently contradictory propositions, American students tended to ____

embrace one solution and reject the other || use non-pragmatic logic || prefer dialectical proverbs containing contradictions || try to reconcile the two contradictory propositions || || ||