Text-Dependent Questions

Directions. For the following questions, choose the best answer or respond in complete sentences.

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PART A Which statement identifies the central idea of the text?

The people who are most successful think of failures as caused by uncontrollable forces rather than their own decisions

Studies have shown that people are more upset about failures caused by their own actions rather than those outside of their control In the face of failure, it's beneficial for people to focus on the things they can control including how they respond to the failure.

People with stress in their lives are less likely to try again after a failure

therefore, it's important to remain calm and positive in the face of failure.

PART B: Which detail from the text best supports the answer to PartS?

"Bhans team wanted to find out what strategies people use to forge ahead after failing To test this they brought 30 volunteers into a lab and had them play a computer game" (Paragraph 5)

Activity here dropped off when players brushed off a failure that had been within their control (such as guessing the wrong key and failing that so-called exam)." (Paragraph 9)

So when failures are beyond someone's control, he says, rethinking our emotional responses seems to help. (Paragraph 11)

This could mean that when people are under stress, they are only motivated to Torque on if they can learn from their setbacks." (Paragraph 13)

3.

How does paragraph 2 contribute to the development of ideas in the text

shows how there are different causes of failure.

C.

D.

It emphasizes how frustrating failures outside of our control can be R reveals the different ways that people perceive failure,

t introduces the best way for someone to approach a challenge.

How can Bhans study affect other people's experiences with failure?

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Bhans data show people how they can benefit from failing and trying again B Bans data prove that people should try to avoid failure when approaching challenges Banhis data encourage people to rethink their definition of failure.

Shanis data show people what response to failure will make them