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As many students move through the grade levels, performance goals increasingly predominate over mastery goals. Three of the following are partial explanations for this developmental trend. Which alternative is not a reasonable explanation for the increasing focus on performance goals with age?
A) As students reach adolescence, they become increasingly concerned about how other people will judge their behavior.
B) Older students are regularly reminded of the importance of good grades for getting into college.
C) As academic tasks become increasingly complex, older students must often rely on other people to evaluate their progress.
D) With the acquisition of abstract thought, older students are better able to imagine accomplishing great things.
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