03/22/2021 "Lessons from failure: Why we try, try again"

03/22/2021 "Lessons from failure: Why we try, try again"

FNS

Multiple Choice

How do many successful people deal with failure?

• They think about what they can do differently and/or try to stay positive about the future.

• They blame their failures on other people and outside occurrences.

• They allow themselves to feel badly about their failure and then focus on what they did right.

Multiple Choice

How did neuroscientists study people’s response to failure?

• They recorded how many times the participants would play the game again after failing.

• They studied the participants' brains while they played a game.

• They compared how the feelings of participants who failed to those who didn't.

Multiple Choice

What did neuroscientists learn from the study?

• Brain activity increased when participant failed and tried again.

• Activity in two parts of the brain was lower when participants failed and tried again.

Multiple Choice

When neuroscientists stressed out participants...

• the group that couldn't control their failure was less persistent.

• both groups were less likely to try again.

• both groups were more likely to fail the test.

Multiple Choice

Bhanji’s data...

• show how people can persist after minor stresses.

• help people understand what contributes to perseverance.

• show how people can avoid failure all together.