A person's belief that he or she is capable of the specific behavior required to produce a desired outcome in a given situation is called

a. self-efficacy.
b. control.
c. hardiness.
d. internal explanatory style.


a

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Isaac, a well-respected man with charisma, wants to preserve some uninhabited islands from development. He carries out a "Save the Islands" campaign by focusing on people's love for nature, addressing their concern about what they believe is becoming an overdeveloped world. He also presents a strategy for preserving the islands forever. Such leadership best reflects

a. the classic trait approach to leadership. b. a normative model of leadership. c. transformational leadership. d. task-oriented leadership.

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Which way of defining abnormal behavior is most likely to change as society changes over time?

A. social norms approach B. statistical frequency approach C. cognitive-behavioral approach D. maladaptive behavior approach

Psychology

In the ratio IQ, the score is a ratio between mental age and chronological age.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

Psychology

The appeal of Tannen's view that males and females have gender-based communication styles due to cultural differences

a. has intuitive appeal because it confirms people's stereotypes and is simple. b. has empirical support in the area of negotiations. c. can explain all communication problems between males and females. d. supports the idea that communication has nothing to do with confusion of sexual consent.

Psychology