Both Tasha and Eric made a D on their first psychology test. Tasha plans to study harder and do as much extra credit as she can in order to pull this grade up to an A before the end of the semester. However, Eric feels sure that he can pull a C out of the course, which is good enough for his program of study. Tasha and Eric appear to place different __________ on grades

a. reinforcement values
b. expectancy values
c. self-reinforcements
d. self-efficacies


A

Psychology

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