Self-reinforcement is:
a. incapable of influencing learning.
b. more important than reinforcement administered by others.
c. more effective with children than with adults.
d. apparently similar to conscience or superego.
ANS: D
FEEDBACK: Self-reinforcement appears conceptually similar to what other theorists call conscience or superego, but Bandura denies that it is the same. A continuing process of self-reinforcement regulates much of our behavior.
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