Children who hold a(n) _____________ theory of intelligence are more likely to give up in the face of highly challenging problems, than other children
FIll in the blank with correct word.
Answer: entity
Rationale: Dweck and her colleagues found that those students who held entity theories were more likely to give up in the face of highly challenging problems, and they were likely to withdraw from situations that resulted in failure. These individuals believe that successful people were born that way, so they do not see the point in continuing to work at difficult problems.
Psychology
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