Dr Jay Has a Client in Psychotherapy for Mild Depression

Dr. Jay has a client in psychotherapy for mild depression. The individual is depressed because he has been unable to tell his boss how upset he is about once again being overlooked for a promotion. Dr. Jay begins to help by role playing with him those situations in which he can ask his boss for a promotion. According to Rotter, this represents a therapeutic attempt to:

A) Increase the individuals external locus of control
B) Extend the individual's specific expectancies
C) Increase the individual's freedom of movement
D) Reduce the individual's sense of objective self-awareness