In Giving Praise, Parents Should Try to Avoid ________ If

Multiple Choice

In giving praise, parents should try to avoid ________ if they want to enhance their child's intrinsic motivation for the task.

A) conveying the message that there is a fixed amount of ability that one either has or doesn't have
B) making the child feel competent in the area
C) making the child feel as though the task required hard work
D) conveying the message that the task was one that the child chose to do on his or her own initiative