1. Bandura's theory focuses on
a. the consistency of behavior
b. both the variability and stability
of behavior
c. the variability of behavior
d. the magnitude of behavior in proportion
to environmental influence
2. Personal agency refers to
a. a person acting as an agent on
her or his behalf
b. coming to believe that one can
make things happen that will benefit oneself and others
c. the ability of certain people to
affect their environment in a way that benefits others
d. the aspiration of most people regarding
their ability to change their environment
3. Goals (Bandura) are
a. essential to a firm sense of self
b. illusions that must be eliminated,
if people are to succeed
c. all that one needs to succeed
d. anticipated achievements that are
in line with current personal standards
4. Response facilitation refers to
a. processes that make a response
easier to perform
b. facilitating the responses of others
as they perform those responses
c. old responses being disinhibited
as a result of watching a model's performance
d. people facilitating the responses
of other people in a reciprocating process
5. Intrinsic motivation refers to
a. desire for intrinsic rewards
b. motivation originating outside
the individual
c. motivation at the top of the hierarchy
of motivations
d. motivations with especially great
longevity
6. What is associated with defensive behavior (Bandura)?
a. anxiety, initially
b. anxiety, continually
c. displacement
d. rationalizations
7. A phobia is
a. a fear of something scary
b. a problem for most people
c. a very minor psychological disorder
d. an irrational fear
8. Which one of the following is a definition of displacement
or a definition of diffusion of responsibility?
a. spreading the responsibility among
actors for having been forced to perform an act
b. displacing, for example, aggression
onto other than the person who attacked oneself
c. spreading the responsibility for
taking some action to other persons present
d. displacing oneself from the scene
of a reprehensible act
9. What does social cognitive theory need?
a. borders
b. a rather complete restructuring
as it is chaotic at present
c. to be extended to the field of
abnormal behavior
d. concepts that are better differentiated
10. Which of the following is an accurate statement about
social cognitive theory?
a. the cognitive element is more important
than the social element
b. the social element is more important
than the cognitive element
c. it is more relevant to neuropsychology
than any other theory covered in this text
d. it is on the cutting edge of the
cognitive movement in psychology