According to the Social Learning Perspective, How Can the Government

question 214

Multiple Choice

According to the social learning perspective, how can the government increase the self-efficacy of children from a wide variety of backgrounds to aspire to professional careers?

• A) create ad campaigns showing juveniles in detention for breaking laws
• B) place adults from a wide variety of backgrounds in high-visibility positions of leadership, so that they can serve as role models
• C) create an educational campaign that explains to kids the benefits of staying in school and working hard
• D) distribute copies of employment statistics that include projections for job growth for the next 20 years

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