Drew thought that if he asked Tracey to go the movies with him, she would refuse. This would be considered an example of __________ by social-cognitive theorists.
A)modeling
B)encoding
C)expectancies
D)latency

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The scenario describes Drew having an expectation or belief (an expectancy) that Tracey will refuse his invitation to the movies. This aligns with the social-cognitive concept of expectancies, which refers to an individual's anticipation or prediction of outcomes based on their previous experiences and interpretations of the situation. Modeling refers to learning by observing the behavior of others, encoding refers to the process of transforming sensory information into a form that can be stored in memory, and latency refers to the delay between the presentation of a stimulus and the response to it.

Drew Thought That If He Asked Tracey to Go the Movies