When George Attends the First Day of an Advanced Placement

question 4

Multiple Choice

When George attends the first day of an Advanced Placement class in biology,he thinks to himself,"This is going to be a really hard class. I don't know if I have what it takes to understand and remember all this stuff." George's misgivings can best be described as:

• A)An external attribution.
• B)An illusion of knowing.
• C)Low self-efficacy for learning.
• D)Low collective self-efficacy.

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