A clinical instructor notices that one of her students worries a lot, expects negative outcomes for most situations, strives for perfection, and seems to look for the tiniest faults in her work. The clinical instructor interprets these behaviors as
a. commitment to learning.
b. assuming an external locus of control.
c. self-directedness.
d. self-defeating behaviors.
ANS: D
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