PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Forethought involves the ability to anticipate the outcomes of actions. Through the exercise of forethought, students motivate themselves and guide their actions in anticipation of future events.

Detailed explanation-2: -Human agency involves the following four core properties: intentionality, forethought, self-reflectiveness, and self-reactiveness (Bandura, 2001, 2006), which are exercised in all three modes of human agency.

Detailed explanation-3: -Self-reactiveness is when people ponder about and enact the appropriate actions. Lastly, self-reflectiveness is the contemplation of one’s potentials, soundness of their thoughts and actions, and the meaning of their goals.

Detailed explanation-4: -Examples of human agency include instances of habitual action, such as the actions that one performs while driving a car, and cases where the agent is engaged in a responsive flow of interaction, such as in jazz improvisation or in verbal exchanges.