In order to improve Mike's grades, his mother has been using various reinforcements to encourage studying and the completion of homework. She has observed that playing a board game with him is worth more to Mike than buying him a toy or candy. That Mike considers his mother's time more important to him than a toy or treat illustrates Julian Rotter's concept of
A)reinforcement value.
B)self-efficacy.
C)the psychological situation.
D)an expectancy.

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Reinforcement value refers to the subjective value a person places on particular outcomes or rewards. In this scenario, Mike values the time spent playing board games with his mother more than material rewards like toys or candy, illustrating the concept of reinforcement value as proposed by Julian Rotter.

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