Chapter 10

Question 1

What is Expectancy?

Answer 1

A subjective prediction of how likely it is that an event will occur

Question 2

“Can I do It” is?

Answer 2

Efficacy Expectation

Question 3

“Will it work” is?

Answer 3

Outcome Expectation

Question 4

What is self-efficacy?

Answer 4

Judgment of how well or poorly one expects to cope with a situation, given the skills one possesses and the circumstances one faces

Question 5

What is self-efficacy theory?

Answer 5

It is our perceived inefficacy in coping with potentially aversive events that make the events anxiety-producing and threatening to us.

Question 6

Define motivation

Answer 6

Any internal process that gives behavior its energy, direction, and persistence

Question 7

What is Learned helplessness?

Answer 7

Psychological state that results when an individual perceives that events and outcomes in the environment are uncontrollable

Question 8

What are three effect of helplessness

Answer 8

Motivational deficits, learning deficits, and emotional deficits