Rotter places:
a. less emphasis on the role of cognitive factors in the prediction of behavior than Skinner
b. little emphasis on the role of cognitive factors in the prediction of behavior
c. heavy emphasis on the role of cognitive factors in the prediction of behavior
d. no emphasis on cognition in the prediction of behavior
Question 2Social learning theory assumes that a person's early goals are learned primarily through contact with the person's:
a. friends
b. peers
c. teachers
d. family
Question 3Rotter believes that:
a. it is usually not essential to study the individual's distant past experiences in great detail in order to predict behavior adequately
b. the traumatic experiences of the person in early childhood are the best predictors of current behavior
c. personality is relatively stable from birth
d. behavior is not goal-oriented
Question 4Rotter assumes that most of our behavior is:
a. learned through contact with other people
b. innate
c. learned through self-analysis
d. essentially biologically based
Question 5According to Rotter, an external is a person who:
a. believes that the reinforcers in his/her life are under his/her control
b. sees little or no relationship between behavior and its consequences
c. feels powerful
d. is highly achievement oriented
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