Question

Brad procrastinates in starting his research paper, because he is not confident in his writing skills and doubts he can do the subject justice. this is an example of which type of orientation?

Answer 1

This is an example of which type of "Helpless" orientation.

Usually we find various kinds of motivations from among them there is one called “mastery motivation” which further is divided into three parts as mastery orientation, helpless orientation, and performance orientation. In helpless orientation when an individual feels something as difficult they doubt their own abilities and sometimes leave the task.