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111.Regarding self-efficacy, which of the following statements is FALSE?

A)People with higher levels of self-efficacy are more likely to succeed in the tasks that they undertake.

B)Self-efficacy can play a role in the success of dieting and smoking cessation.

C)Successful experiences boost self-efficacy in children but not in adults.

D)Compared to people with low self-efficacy, people with high self-efficacy are more likely to persevere when facing challenges.

E)People with low self-efficacy are easily convinced of the futility of effort in the face of difficulties.

112.Which social-cognitive theorist argues that behavior is influenced by situation variables and person variables?

A)Walter Mischel

B)Carl Jung

C)Abraham Maslow

D)Carl Rogers

E)Alfred Adler

113.Rebecca is learning to play cello and is highly motivated. She is confident that she can learn cello easily and with great ability because she already knows how to play violin. From Mischel’s perspective, Rebecca’s attitude is best explained by which variable?

A)encoding strategies

B)expectancies

C)subjective values

D)self-regulatory systems

E)competencies

114.In Mischel’s theory, which person variable concerns the ability to plan courses of action to achieve goals and obtain rewards?

A)subjective values

B)self-regulatory systems and plans

C)expectancies

D)competencies

E)encoding strategies

115. Psychologist Walter Mischel emphasizes the importance of self-regulatory systems and plans, by which is meant _____.

A)  our expectations about whether our efforts can achieve desired outcomes or whether outcomes are influenced by factors outside our control

B)  our predictions regarding the outcomes of behaviors

C)   our beliefs about our own abilities to perform tasks we set out to accomplish

D)  our ability to plan courses of action to achieve our goals and to reward ourselves for accomplishing our goals

E)  our idealized sense of who and what we should be

116.Social-cognitive theorist Mischel’s most recent work focuses on

A)the influence of childhood positive regard on adult development.

B)the role of locus of control in academic success.

C)the influence of outcome expectancies on efficacy expectations.

D)the interaction of emotions and situation variables.

E)the interaction of emotions and person variables.

117.According to the text, the most important influence of the social-cognitive theorists was the

A)development of cognitive-behavioral therapy.

B)design of programs to help parents learn better parenting skills.

C)introduction of the idea that unconscious influences and genetically based traits can explain much of human behavior.

D)identification of concepts like locus of control and self-efficacy.

E)presentation of the view that people are active seekers and interpreters of information, not just responders to environmental influences.

118.The social-cognitive perspective of personality development is associated with which approach to therapy?

A)phrenology

B)client-centered therapy

C)psychodynamic therapy

D)behavior therapy

E)cognitive-behavioral therapy

119.Who are the two main contributors to the humanistic perspective?

A)Jung and Adler

B)Bandura and Rotter

C)Cattell and Allport

D)Murray and Rorschach

E)Maslow and Rogers

120.In the humanistic perspective, realization of one’s own potential is known as

A)reciprocal determinism.

B)locus of control.

C)self-efficacy.

D)self-actualization.

E)positive regard.