College students were posed the following hypothetical situation:
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ᴀʟᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜ ʏᴏᴜ sᴇᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀ ɢᴏᴀʟ ᴏғ ɢᴇᴛᴛɪɴɢ ᴀ (B),ᴡʜᴇɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ғɪʀsᴛ ᴇxᴀᴍ sᴄᴏʀᴇ ,ᴡᴏʀᴛʜ 30% ᴏғ ʏᴏᴜʀ ғɪɴᴀʟ ɢʀᴀᴅᴇ ɪs ʀᴇᴛᴜʀɴᴇᴅ ,ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʀᴇᴄᴇɪᴠᴇᴅ ᴀ D. ɪᴛ ɪs ɴᴏᴡ ᴏɴᴇ ᴡᴇᴇᴋ ᴀғᴛᴇʀ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʟᴇᴀʀʙᴇᴅ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ D ɢʀᴀᴅᴇ ,ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴅᴏ?

Hope made all the difference . The response by students with high levels of hope was to work harder and think of a range of things they might try that could bolsters their final grade.Students with moderate levels of hope thought of several ways they might up their grade, but had far less determination to pursue them. And understandably , students with low hopes gave up on both counts ,demoralized .
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