Question

The final project for your class is due in a few days. You ask a classmate how his project is going. He tells you that he has not started, because no matter how hard he tries, he can never get a good grade. Based on this statement, it is likely that your classmate:__________.

Answer 1

The classmate is a procrastinator and defeatist.

Explanation:

Even though the project is due in a few days and the project is already going on as you are doing it, there is nothing here that suggests that the friend is doing so either.

Instead the friend talk about it in a way that is defeatist

. He says that no matter how hard he tries he will never get a good grade.

This is being defeatist.

The person is also a procrastinator as they could have started with the work by now and get something done