Psychologist Walter Mischel Emphasizes the Importance of Self-Regulatory Systems and Plans

Psychologist Walter Mischel emphasizes the importance of self-regulatory systems and plans, by which is meant _____.

A) our expectations about whether our efforts can achieve desired outcomes or whether outcomes are influenced by factors outside our control
B) our predictions regarding the outcomes of behaviors
C) our beliefs about our own abilities to perform tasks we set out to accomplish
D) our ability to plan courses of action to achieve our goals and to reward ourselves for accomplishing our goals
E) our idealized sense of who and what we should be