Incentive and motivational processes:
a. affect performance of an observed behavior but not attentional or retention processes.
b. affect attentional and retention processes but not performance of the desired behavior.
c. influence attentional and retention processes as well as performance of the desired behavior.
d. are mandatory for observational learning to occur and the learned behavior to be replicated.
ANS: C
FEEDBACK: When incentives are available, observation is more quickly translated into action. Incentives also influence the attentional and retention processes. We may not pay as much attention without an incentive to do so, and when less attention is paid, there is less to retain.
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