John works alone at a puzzle for a half-hour and fails to complete it. He then frowns, says "I'm no good at this" and feels bad. We might conclude that John is at the _____ phase of learning to evaluate accomplishments.

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The use of standards phase in evaluating accomplishments is where individuals compare their performance against objective criteria. In this case, John is expressing self-criticism and a negative evaluation of his ability to complete the puzzle, indicating that he is using standards to evaluate his performance. The other phases (joy in mastery, approval seeking, extrinsic orientation) do not fit with John's behavior in this scenario.

John Works Alone at a Puzzle for a Half-Hour and Fails