According to Bandura's position on free will versus determinism, people:
a. choose what they want to become and are free agents.
b. control behavior through the cognitive processes.
c. are powerless objects controlled by environmental forces alone.
d. are ultimately helpless and hopeless in a chaotic universe.
ANS: B
FEEDBACK: According to Bandura, behavior is controlled by the person through the cognitive processes, and by the environment through external social situations. Bandura calls this view reciprocal determinism.
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