A baseball player is quite talented; he has received lots of awards over the years. He expects to get a hit every time he bats and to make every catch in the field. According to Albert Bandura, what characteristic does this young man seem to have?

a) self-regard
b) self-seeking
c) self-efficacy
d) self-actualization


C

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A. temporal lobe B. mediodorsal thalamus C. frontal lobes D. hippocampus

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