Question

Social psychologists had african american students do carefully constructed self-affirming writing assignments regarding their good qualities outside of school. if this approach was to work for you with a group of students who were in danger of being academically dismissed, how would it affect them

Answer 1

They would have higher self-esteem and improvement in their academic performance.
Creating self-affirming writing assignments  would make the students develop an awareness on their own personal strength and weakness.
After having this awareness, they could utilize their strength to make necessary planning to improves all areas of their life, including their academic performance.