For each item below, indicate whether you feel that choice (a) or choice (b) is closer to your own beliefs. 1. (a) I am the master of my fate (b) A great deal of what happens to me is probably a matter of choice 2. (a) Promotion are earned through hard work and persistence (b) Making a lot of money is largely a matter of getting the right breaks 3. (a) People like me can change the course of world affairs if we make ourselves heard (b) It is only wishful thinking to believe that we can really influence what happens is society at large 4. (a) In my experience, I have noticed that there is usually a direct connection between how hard I study and the grade I get (b) Many times the reactions of professors seem haphazard to me 5. (a) getting along with people is a skill that must be practiced (b) It is almost impossible to figure out how to please some people

Component of social skills: Emotional expressivity Emotional sensitivity Emotional control Social expressivity Social sensitivity Social control

Self-efficiency, belief in one’s capability to perform a specific task Feeling of self-efficiency influence the difficulty of goals chosen by individual Self-efficiency may moderate reactions to various types of feedback