Both Ralph and Harold want to ask Chris to go to the movies. Ralph believes that Chris will turn down his invitation, while Harold believes that Chris will accept his. In terms of Mischel's model, we would say that Ralph and Harold have very different __________.
A) expectancies
B) self-regulatory systems
C) subjective values
D) encoding strategies

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Expectancies refer to a person's belief about the likelihood of a particular event occurring. In this case, Ralph expects Chris to turn down his invitation while Harold expects him to accept it, indicating they have different expectancies. Self-regulatory systems refer to a person's ability to regulate their own behavior, subjective values refer to the importance a person places on a particular goal or object, and encoding strategies refer to how a person processes and remembers information, none of which are applied in this scenario.

Both Ralph and Harold Want to Ask Chris to Go