When George Attends the First Day of an Advanced Placement

question 67

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." Which one of the following concepts from social cognitive theory do George's misgivings best exemplify?

• A) self-reaction
• B) self-observation
• C) self-efficacy for learning
• D) self-efficacy for performance

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Definitions:

Friedrich Anton Mesmer

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Hysterical Disorders

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Eugenics

A controversial and largely discredited philosophy advocating the improvement of human genetic traits through various forms of intervention and selective breeding.