When Jared's 10-year-old daughter is given the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) and gets a score of 130, Jared can't wait to tell his child her score. Give Jared the best reason NOT to take this step.
A) The score says little about Jared's daughter's school aptitude.
B) If Jared tells his daughter her score, she may not feel she needs to study because she thinks, "I'll do well no matter how hard I work."
C) Jared's daughter's score is likely to change over the next several years.
D) Knowing her score won't give Jared's daughter any information about how she is likely to do in English and math this year.

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Telling his daughter her score may lead her to believe that her intelligence will carry her and not motivate her to put in effort towards her studies. It is important to encourage hard work and efforts towards improvement, rather than a fixed mindset of being "smart."

When Jared's 10-Year-Old Daughter Is Given the Wechsler Intelligence Scale