Chelsea believes that even though she works long hours and produces high-quality work, her boss will never give her a promotion. this is an example of a(n)

a. arousal
b. expectancy
c. incentive
d. attribution

Chelsea believes that even though she works long hours and produces high-quality work, her boss will never give her a promotion. This is an example of an expectancy.

Option B

Explanation:

When a person has a particular thought or hope with regards to some future event, such thought is refer to as expectancy. It is very natural for human to have expectations from others, oneself or the natural course of life. People may have positive expectations or they may be negative.

In the present situation, Chelsea has a set of believe that she will not be promoted even though she is working for long hours and producing good quality work. Her state of thinking  or believe can be said to be an expectancy.