Self-reinforcement:
a. has to be tangible to be effective.
c. ceases when we fail to reach a certain level of achievement.
b. can be guided by our past behavior as reference points.
d. has also been alternatively addressed as the superego by Bandura.
ANS: B
FEEDBACK: Self-reinforcement requires internal standards of performance, subjective criteria or reference points against which we evaluate our behavior. Our past behavior may become a reference point for evaluating present behavior and an incentive for better performance in the future.
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