Lessons on Failure NewsELA article

Which sentence from the article BEST introduces Jamil Bhanji's experiment to the reader?

• Everyone experiences failures.
• Jamil Bhanji is a neuroscientist at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
• Bhanji's team wanted to find out what strategies people use to forge ahead after failing.
• Along the way, players faced setbacks that could return their characters back to where they had started.

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What is the MOST likely reason the author included the perspective of Candace Raio?

• to show what future experiments could focus on
• to reveal the many problems with Jamil Bhanji's experiment
• to highlight a different attitude toward failure and motivation
• to describe the steps required to design a long-term project

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What is the author's MAIN purpose for including information about fMRI?

• to show how new equipment made the experiment easier
• to explain how the scientists looked at the volunteers' brains
• to highlight the different techniques used by scientists who study failure
• to reveal an approach to the experiment that Jamil Bhanji had not considered

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Which answer choice BEST describes Jamil Bhanji's point of view about failure?

• There is more study needed to fully understand how people respond to failure.
• People can best overcome failure by focusing on the things that they can control.
• Other scientists can help the study by designing experiments that use long-term projects.
• Stress is important in motivating people to persevere even when they have experienced failure.

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According to the article, what appears to help people persevere after a failure?

• Focusing on uncontrollable factors
• Ignoring failures completely
• Concentrating on controllable aspects and learning from failures
• Avoiding situations that lead to failure

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What did the experiment reveal about the impact of stress on people's response to failure?

• Stress increased perseverance in all situations
• Stress made people give up more easily in all situations
• Stress increased motivation to learn from setbacks
• Stress had no significant impact on people's responses to failure

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According to Bhanji, how can people increase their persistence in the face of obstacles?

• By focusing on the parts they can control
• By only considering external factors
• By avoiding stress at all costs
• By ignoring uncontrollable factors

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