Exam 8: Seeing Our Futures Through Self-Efficacy, Optimism, and Hope

Which of the following is a true statement about culture, optimism, and pessimism?

What type of thinking is inherent in the notion of the American dream?

With regard to assessing self efficacy, what would Bandura state?

Children who experience trauma and parental divorce are likely to have what type of explanatory style?

Differentiate Seligman's learned optimism from Carver and Scheier's definition of optimism. Describe the assessments that are used to measure these two different types of optimism.

Your text lists eight factors that are associated with optimism. Discuss four of them.

The perception of one's capability to mobilize motivation, cognitive resources, and actions in situations characterized by diversity is referred to as

The sense of assurance in one's ability to participate and interact in a culture of origin and a second culture is referred to as

Ellen Goodman discusses the issue of time management. Which of the following is characteristic of what Goodman calls a timing disorder?

The extent to which we believe we can work together effectively to accomplish our shared goals is the definition of which term?

How would a pessimist explain a bad event?

What do high levels of situation-specific self-efficacy predict?

Given that self-efficacy is based on social cognitive theory, where does self-efficacy come from?

Which type of attributions do optimists tend to make for negative outcomes?

What is an advantage of a present temporal orientation?

What is the basis of the theory of learned optimism?

In childhood, what is considered crucial in imparting hope?

Self-efficacy for science appears to stem from _________________ for female students, and for ____________________ for male students.

In comparing men and women with regard to self-efficacy

What does The Life Orientation Test (LOT) measure?