Bandura stated, "people strive to exercise control over events that affect their lives. by exerting influence in spheres over which they can command some control, they are better able to realize desired futures and to forestall undesired ones. the striving for control over life circumstances permeates almost everything people do." this is a description of: a. self-efficacy. b. self-development. c. self-reinforcement. d. self-sufficiency.

- "a nonrestrictive clause functions as a modifier to a noun (that is an object, person or concept). these clauses can be described by the following three options: it is set off by comas, it contains a subject and a verbs and it adds nonessential information to the sentence.

for example, in "here is bill gates, who confounded microsoft software company" we can identify "who confounded microsoft software company" as a nonrestrictive clause modifying the noun bill gates. this clause can be describes as a nonrestrictive clause because it is separated by a comma, it adds nonessential information to identify who bill gates is and it must contain both a subject (who) and a verb (confounded)."