Positive thinking and building self-confidence

Correct answer: C. Perseverance and growth mindset

Explanation: The student does not treat an error as a final judgment. Instead, the error provides information, the method is reviewed, and another attempt is made. This combination of persistence, learning from feedback, and willingness to change strategy reflects perseverance and a growth mindset. Mere repetition without improvement would be different.

Correct answer: D. Becoming aggressive at every criticism to prove superiority

Explanation: Healthy confidence allows a person to accept limits, learn from mistakes, and receive praise without needing to dominate others. Becoming aggressive whenever criticism appears may be a defensive attempt to hide insecurity. The behaviour does not prove confidence; it shows difficulty in handling feedback and protecting a fragile self-image.

Correct answer: A. There is improvement in some areas and a new plan is needed for weaker subjects

Explanation: A balanced conclusion considers all the evidence rather than focusing on only the low marks. Improvement in three subjects is meaningful progress, while the two weaker subjects show where a revised study plan, practice, or support may be needed. The other options exaggerate failure, dismiss success, or recommend giving up unnecessarily.

Correct answer: B. Understand the reason and cooperate on a better suggestion

Explanation: Confidence is not the same as insisting that one's idea must be accepted. A confident student can ask why the suggestion was rejected, listen to alternatives, and contribute to improving the group decision. Leaving, insulting others, or imposing an idea avoids respectful communication and weakens cooperation rather than demonstrating confidence.

Correct answer: C. Preparation, experience, and real progress

Explanation: Healthy confidence grows when a person prepares, practises, gains experience, and notices real improvement. These provide evidence that effort can build ability. Praise may help temporarily, and winning every time is unrealistic. An untested belief may be either too low or too high, so it is less dependable than evidence from preparation and progress.

Correct answer: D. Confidence in facing new challenges may remain limited

Explanation: Easy tasks may provide short-term comfort, but they give fewer opportunities to develop new skills or test existing ability. Without gradually facing suitable challenges, confidence in unfamiliar situations may remain weak. Confidence does not require reckless risk; it grows through manageable challenges, practice, feedback, and learning from occasional mistakes.

Correct answer: A. Use the kind and corrective words he would say to a friend in the same situation

Explanation: The student should replace harsh self-judgment with compassionate but honest self-talk, such as identifying what went wrong and deciding what to try next. This does not mean ignoring the mistake or making excuses. The other options avoid learning or shift attention away from personal responsibility, whereas A supports both emotional care and improvement.

Correct answer: B. I will focus on regular practice, time management, and calm effort

Explanation: Regular practice, time management, and calm effort are actions the student can influence directly. The final result, judges' decisions, and other participants' performance cannot be fully controlled. Focusing on process reduces helpless worry and helps the student prepare effectively, while guarantees and assumptions about others do not improve performance.

Correct answer: C. Balanced confidence

Explanation: The student recognises the previous success but does not assume that success happens automatically every time. Continuing to prepare is sensible because audiences, topics, and conditions may differ. This is balanced confidence: trust in one's ability combined with realistic planning. It should not be confused with fear or negative thinking.

Correct answer: D. Make separate lists of strengths, achievements, and areas for improvement

Explanation: A balanced self-review includes strengths, achievements, and areas that still need work. Listing these separately prevents one weakness from becoming the whole picture and also prevents false praise from hiding real needs. Denial, comparing others' faults, or seeking praise alone does not provide an accurate basis for planning improvement.

Correct answer: A. The result is below expectation, so I will review my preparation and make a new strategy

Explanation: Option A accepts the disappointing result without treating it as permanent failure. It also takes responsibility by reviewing preparation and planning a specific change. Positive thinking is not blind optimism or blaming others; it is a realistic belief that useful action can improve the next outcome. The other options avoid responsibility or promise success without evidence.

Correct answer: B. Compare with previous performance and the set goal

Explanation: Comparing present work with one's own earlier performance and a clear goal gives a fairer picture of progress. It highlights improvement and identifies the next step without making another student's performance the measure of personal worth. Comparing with weaker students, ignoring results, or relying on praise does not provide a useful and honest benchmark.

Correct answer: C. Because positive thinking also includes reviewing and changing strategy when needed

Explanation: Positive thinking supports continued effort, but effective effort includes reflection. If a method repeatedly fails, the learner should examine the instructions, seek feedback, practise a different step, or try another strategy. Repeating without learning may preserve the problem. Stopping completely is also not the answer; persistence should be flexible and purposeful.

Correct answer: D. Assertive and respectful communication

Explanation: Assertive communication means expressing one's thoughts clearly while respecting the rights and views of other people. Listening does not show weakness, and speaking clearly is not aggression when it avoids insults or force. Passive behaviour hides one's view, whereas aggressive behaviour tries to dominate. Therefore D best describes the balanced communication shown.

Correct answer: A. When a person first tries and then asks guidance about a specific difficulty

Explanation: Trying first and then asking about a specific difficulty keeps the learner actively involved. Guidance can clarify a concept, correct a method, and build the ability to work independently next time. Having others do the whole task, copying, or surrendering every decision creates dependence and does not develop competence or lasting confidence.

Correct answer: B. Courage and self-confidence

Explanation: Courage does not require fear to disappear. It means recognising fear and still taking a sensible action guided by preparation and judgment. The student is not claiming guaranteed success or pretending to be superior; he is choosing to act despite discomfort. That combination of realistic awareness and purposeful effort reflects courage and confidence.

Correct answer: C. You used a good strategy and made consistent effort

Explanation: Praising a useful strategy and consistent effort directs attention to behaviours that can be repeated, refined, and improved. It builds confidence without suggesting that ability is fixed or that mistakes are impossible. The other statements praise permanent intelligence, perfection, or superiority, which may create pressure and reduce willingness to learn from errors.

Correct answer: D. Fatigue and repeated failure may reduce confidence

Explanation: Challenging goals can motivate growth, but goals also need to be realistic, staged, and supported by rest and review. Constantly choosing extreme tasks may cause fatigue, poor learning, and repeated discouragement. The result is not guaranteed, but confidence may fall when effort is not matched to recovery, preparation, and achievable progress.

Correct answer: A. This result reflects my current preparation and I can improve with a new method

Explanation: Option A treats the result as information about current preparation, not as a permanent label on the person. It preserves hope while identifying a practical route for improvement: reviewing the method and trying again. The other statements either generalise one failure forever, blame others without review, or avoid learning from the result.

Correct answer: B. Evidence-based self-evaluation

Explanation: The video provides observable evidence, and the student uses it to identify specific aspects of performance and plan concrete improvements. This is more objective than making a vague judgment such as “I am bad at speaking.” It is not negative self-criticism because the aim is improvement, not self-attack; it also does not show dependence or unrealistic confidence.

Correct answer: C. It is feedback about the current strategy

Explanation: Viewing failure as feedback makes it possible to ask what part of the current method did not work and what can be changed. This interpretation protects confidence while encouraging responsibility and learning. Failure does not automatically prove permanent inability, the superiority of others, or that effort should end; those conclusions are broader than the evidence.

Correct answer: D. He immediately doubts his ability when praise is absent

Explanation: A person who immediately doubts personal ability when praise is absent is making confidence depend on other people's approval. Such confidence can change with every reaction from others. Recording progress, accepting useful feedback, and practising without praise show more internal motivation and a stronger evidence-based sense of ability.

Correct answer: A. Review correct answers, mistakes, and their causes

Explanation: A useful review examines what was correct, what was wrong, and why each error occurred. Correct answers show mastered areas and support confidence; mistakes reveal topics or methods needing attention. Focusing only on errors creates an unfairly negative picture, while ignoring the paper or assuming success prevents learning and planning.

Correct answer: B. Positive thinking helps a person interpret challenges in a balanced way, which can build effort-based confidence

Explanation: Positive thinking does not promise success or remove the need for preparation. It helps a learner interpret a challenge as manageable, focus on useful actions, and continue after setbacks. When these actions create experience and progress, confidence becomes grounded in effort rather than fantasy. Confidence can therefore develop; it is not only an inborn trait.

Correct answer: C. Strategic flexibility with positive thinking

Explanation: The student recognises that the current method is not working, seeks a learning example, and plans another attempt. This is strategic flexibility because the goal remains while the method changes. It is positive thinking because the difficulty is treated as a problem that can be worked on. The student is not giving up, ignoring the problem, or asking others to do it.