Learned helplessness is brought about by institutionalism

Suppose that you have just learned that you will have a quiz in about 30 minutes on a set of fairly difficult short essays that you haven't even glanced at. If you are like the students described in the discussion of regulating study strategies, you woul

a. select the most difficult essays to read first. b. select the easiest essays to read first. c. select easier essays to read first if you are an expert, but select more difficult essays to read first if you are a novice. d. show no systematic pattern in reading the essays.

One criticism of using business games as a training tool is that trainees:

A) do not perceive the games as relevant. B) do not perceive the games as realistic. C) do not perceive the games as interesting to participate in, so they often do not learn the intended objectives. D) become so interested in competition that they lose sight of the principles the games were designed to teach.