Question

Hal doesn’t think he has much chance of getting into his top choice for medical school. However, he still very much likes this school and desires to go there. Based on Julian Rotter’s concept of ___________, we would expect Hal NOT to apply to this school, whereas Rotter’s concept of _____________ suggests that Hal would apply to this school.

a. internal locus of control; external locus of control
b. reinforcement value; self-efficacy
c. self-consistency; self-efficacy
d. expectancy; reinforcement value

Answer 1

a. internal locus of control; external locus of control

Step-by-step explanation:

Those are personality traits that are defined by the individual's beliefs according to the responsibility about his own actions, in the first case "Internal locus of control" supposes a high level of personal independence and a mayor achievement abilities, and the second "External locus of control" is the opposite, in this order of ideas, we would expect Hal not apply to that school because he knows that there are few possibilities to get in, may be for economical reasons or his personal preparation is not enough to the school standards, and in the another side, his desires to get in can be the best motivation to apply without take into account his real possibilities according to his economic situation or his knowledge capacities.