Person praise seems to lead children to....

the idea that they are born with or without and ability.

In the studies results how did process praise relate to gender?

Boys received more process praise than girls.

What do the findings suggest about how boys and girls explain failure?

Boys tend to attribute failure to ability less than girls.

Identify one aim of the research.

Too see if children are affected by praise.

What did Elizabeth Gunderson et al's research aim to investigate?

The effects of parents praising children at home.

Identify one aim of the research.

To see if parents give girls less process praise than boys.

Why did the researchers measure motivational framework in two ways?

To see how strong/robust the effects of process praise were.

Process praise seems to lead children to....

see a link between effort and success.

Research shows that praising children's effort rather than ability leads to.....

the framework that working hard can change achievements.

What is meant by 'person praise'?

Praising an individual rather than what they are doing.

Why did Gunderson et al. prefer to use a natural research setting instead of a experiment?

Experiments can be artificial and lack ecological validity.

What is 'entity theory/motivational framework'? A belief that....

behaviour and ability results from a persons nature.

What are the possible consequences of an entity motivational framework for children?

Not trying as hard on a task they think they're not good at.

What are the possible effects of an incremental motivational framework on children?

To see ability as changeable and keep trying to do better.

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1
Person praise seems to lead children to....
ask their peers for help.
the idea that they are born with or without and ability.
ask for help.
see a link between effort and success.
2
In the studies results how did process praise relate to gender?
Girls received more process praise than boys.
Gender and process praise were unrelated.
Process praise was more effective for boys.
Boys received more process praise than girls.
3
What do the findings suggest about how boys and girls explain failure?
Girls tend to attribute failure to ability less than boys.
Boys tend to attribute failure to ability less than girls.
There's no difference.
Boys tend to attribute failure to ability more than girls.
4
Identify one aim of the research.
To see if parents give girls less praise.
To see if girls are affected more than boys by praise.
To see if parents give more praise to boys.
Too see if children are affected by praise.
5
What is meant by 'process praise'?
Praising the individuals parents.
Praising the individual
Never praising.
Praising behaviour and effort.
6
What did Elizabeth Gunderson et al's research aim to investigate?
The effects of teachers praising children at home.
The effects of teachers praising children at school.
The effects of parents praising children at home.
The effects of parents praising children at school.
7
Identify one aim of the research.
To see if teachers give girls less process praise than boys.
To see if girls give less process praise to boys.
To see if parents give girls less process praise than boys.
To see if parents give girls less praise than boys.
8
Why did the researchers measure motivational framework in two ways?
To see if gender affected motivational framework.
To see how strong/robust the effects of process praise were.
To see if boy and girls were different.
To see how strong/robust the effects of person praise were.
9
What was the correlation between process praise in childhood and when children were older?
Negative
None
Positive
Inverse
10
Process praise seems to lead children to....
see a link between praise and success.
see a link between effort and success.
a fixed theory.
the idea that they are born with or without an ability.
11
Research shows that praising children's effort rather than ability leads to.....
less effort in the future.
the framework that working hard can change achievements.
the framework that not working hard can change achievements.
the framework that intelligence can change achievements.
12
What was the relationship between early person praise and later fixed frameworks?
There was a strong relationship.
There wasn't any relationship.
The results were unclear.
The was a weak positive correlation.
13
What is meant by 'person praise'?
Praising what is being done, not the individual.
Praising an individual rather than what they are doing.
Praising a persons parents.
Praising the a person for being intelligent.
14
Why did Gunderson et al. prefer to use a natural research setting instead of a experiment?
Experiments can be artificial and lack ecological validity.
Experiments are always difficult to set up.
Experiments are too realistic.
Experiments can be scary.
15
What is 'entity theory/motivational framework'? A belief that....
effort drives behaviour and ability, which can change.
behaviour and ability results from a persons nature.
praise is good.
praise is bad.
16
What are the possible consequences of an entity motivational framework for children?
Always failing on tasks.
Trying as hard as they can on difficult tasks.
Not trying as hard on a task they think they're not good at.
Always trying hard.
17
What are the possible effects of an incremental motivational framework on children?
To see ability as changeable and keep trying to do better.
To see ability as fixed and not try to do better.
To see ability as something one is born with or without.
To see ability as part of nature.

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