In order to improve Mike's grades, his mother has been using various reinforcements to encourage studying and the completion of homework. She has observed that playing a board game with him is worth more to Mike than buying him a small toy or candy treat. That Mike considers his mother's time more important to him than a toy or treat illustrates Julian Rotter's concept of
a. reinforcement value.
b. self-efficacy.
c. the psychological situation.
d. an expectancy.
A
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