Albert Bandura's theory emphasizes the importance of an individual's efficacy expectations, by which is meant _____
a. our expectations about whether our efforts can achieve desired outcomes or whether outcomes are influenced by factors outside our control
b. our predictions regarding the outcomes of behaviors
c. our beliefs about our own abilities to perform tasks we set out to accomplish
d. our ability to plan courses of action to achieve our goals and to reward ourselves for accomplishing our goals e. our idealized sense of who and what we should be
c
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a. vicarious punishment b. extinction c. conditioned inhibition d. accidental reinforcement
In the past, tobacco companies marketed cigarettes by associating smoking with attractive people and appealing outdoor scenes. These efforts rely on the basic principles of
a) habituation. b) covert sensitization. c) operant conditioning. d) classical conditioning.
Differences in verbal, mathematical, and spatial abilities between males and females are getting larger
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Advanced topic: The sum of the squared deviations of each score from the mean of its group plus the sum of the squared deviations of each score's group's mean from the grand mean equals
A) the grand mean divided by dfTotal. B) the portion of the grand mean's deviation accounted for by the score itself. C) the portion of the grand mean's deviation accounted for by the score's group. D) the sum of squared deviations of each score from the grand mean.