If the work required to do a task appears to be outside of our ability or outside of our control, then the expectancy for the task is likely to be ______.
a. high
b. low
c. high, if the task is group-based
d. uncertain
Ans: B
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A) egocentric. B) comprehensible. C) cooperative. D) other-directed.
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