Anonymous Pre-Program Questionnaire

This questionnaire is completely anonymous so you can feel free to answer honestly. This is designed to improve the hack camp experience.

Anonymous Passphrase

Do not use anything that can be identified as you, (unless you don't care about it being anonymous). Please make sure you will remember the passphrase 2 weeks from now what it is if you are shown the first 4 letters of the id. Examples include "samanokerider, dinoraptor, bibimbap123"

This is a required question

1. Your intelligence is something very basic about you that you can’t change very much.

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2. No matter how much intelligence you have, you can always change it quite a bit.

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3. You can always substantially change how intelligent you are.

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4. You are a certain kind of person, and there is not much that can be done to really change that.

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5. You can always change basic things about the kind of person you are.

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6. Music talent can be learned by anyone.

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7. Only a few people will be truly good at sports – you have to be “born with it.”

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8. Math is much easier to learn if you are male or maybe come from a culture who values math.

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9. The harder you work at something, the better you will be at it.

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10. No matter what kind of person you are, you can always change substantially.

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11. Trying new things is stressful for me and I avoid it.

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12. Some people are good and kind, and some are not – it’s not often that people change.

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13. I appreciate when people, parents, coaches, teachers give me feedback about my performance.

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14. I often get angry when I get feed back about my performance.

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15. All human beings without a brain injury or birth defect are capable of the same amount of learning.

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16. You can learn new things, but you can’t really change how intelligent you are.

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17. You can do things differently, but the important parts of who you are can’t really be changed. _

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18. Human beings are basically good, but sometimes make terrible decisions.

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19. An important reason why I do my school work is that I like to learn new things. _

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20. Truly smart people do not need to try hard.

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21. I have overcome setbacks to conquer an important challenge

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22. New ideas and projects sometimes distract me from previous ones.

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23. My interests change from year to year.

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24. Setbacks don’t discourage me.

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25. I have been obsessed with a certain idea or project for a short time but later lost interest.

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26. I am a hard worker.

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27. I often set a goal but later choose to pursue a different one.

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28. I have difficulty maintaining my focus on projects that take more than a few months to complete.*

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29. I finish whatever I begin.

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30. I have achieved a goal that took years of work.

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31. I become interested in new pursuits every few months.*

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32. I am diligent.

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