A guest speaker is coming to your classroom, and you want your ...

[shofmannx20]

A guest speaker is coming to your classroom, and you want your students to treat her with courtesy and respect. You decide to give your students 15 minutes of free time if they show appropriate behavior during the guest's visit. From the perspective of social cognitive theory, your reinforcement is likely to work only if your students:
 
  a. also experience intrinsic reinforcement for good behavior.
  b. expect that this consequence will follow their good behavior.
  c. have previously been directly reinforced for such behavior.
  d. have previously been vicariously reinforced for such behavior.

Question 2

Listed below are four reasons that students might not want to take their schoolwork seriously or to try very hard to succeed at classroom tasks. Which one of these reasons is consistent with the concept of self-efficacy?
 
  a. Anthony is more interested in horsing around with his friends.
  b. Bernice is so anxious in the classroom that she can't think clearly.
  c. Carol doesn't think she has the ability to do the work successfully.
  d. Danny thinks his teacher doesn't like him.

[juwms]

Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

c