A Company Has a Motivational Speaker Come into the Office

Multiple Choice

A company has a motivational speaker come into the office. The speaker asks all of the employees to close their eyes and to think of a time when they succeeded at something. He then asks them to think of a current challenge they are experiencing--something that they want to accomplish but don't know if they can. He then has them once again think of time they were successful at something. What is the speaker MOST LIKELY attempting to do?

A) increase the employees' self-efficacy
B) increase the employees' direction of behavior
C) increase the employees' level of persistence
D) increase the employees' ethical decisions