Often, at the end of a long soccer practice, Roland tells himself that he must love soccer because he works so hard at it. One day, his high school soccer coach says that Roland is good enough to get a full soccer scholarship to college. Now Roland leaves long practices telling himself that he is working this hard to earn a scholarship, and he finds that he now enjoys soccer less. Bem’s self-perception theory would explain Roland’s behavior by saying that .

C. winning the scholarship has become the reason for playing soccer.

Explanation:Bem's self-perception theory tries to provide explanation for people who previously lack attitudes tends to develop them through the observation of their own Behaviors and then getting conclusions as to what must have led to then behaving is such manners. This theory was proposed by Daryl Ben, it also tries to show that induced Behaviors are often exhibited without making references to the internal cognitive processes.

as you read the passage below, consider how dana gioia uses

evidence, such as facts or examples, to support claims.

reasoning to develop ideas and to connect claims and evidence.

stylistic or persuasive elements, such as word choice or appeals to emotion, to add power to the ideas expressed.

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