A student believes that the most important goal in school is to avoid doing more poorly than others in the class. According to achievement goal theory, this belief reflects
A)a mastery-approach goal
B)a performance-approach goal
C)a mastery-avoidance goal
D)a performance-avoidance goal
E)an unrealistic assessment

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This belief reflects a performance-avoidance goal, where the focus is on avoiding negative judgments of competence or avoiding doing worse than others, rather than on learning or outperforming others.

A Student Believes That the Most Important Goal in School