According to Bandura, a person's belief about their skills and ability to perform certain behaviors is known as __________.

A. self-efficacy
B. locus of control
C. phenomenology
D. reciprocal determinism


Answer: A

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emergency situation is influenced by all of the following factors EXCEPT a. how obvious the emergency is. b. the behavior of the other people who are present. c. that person's knowledge of what to do. d. the expected personal gain to the person in need. e. the number of other people present.

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Chantel is a 62-year-old employee of a large manufacturing company. Based on the research, she will __________ compared to her co-workers in their 20s

a. be tardy more often b. engage in more on-the-job substance abuse c. have more voluntary absences from work d. comply more to the norms of the workplace

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An example of interchannel discrepancy during deception would be ________

a) blinking very often
b) showing one expression quickly followed by another
c) smiling more frequently and broadly than would be expected in a given situation
d) managing one's facial expressions well while not making much eye contact

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Joanne enters her 10-year-old son's room and notices that he is masturbating. Joanne should

A. consult a psychologist to diagnose her son. B. refrain from responding negatively. C. explain to her son that masturbation is unhealthy. D. label masturbation as uncommon.

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