The social-cognitive perspective of personality theory:

a) Represents an optimistic look at human nature, emphasizing the self and fulfillment of a person’s unique potential.
b) Emphasizes the description and measurement of specific personality differences among individuals.
c) Emphasizes learning and conscious cognitive processes, including the importance of beliefs about the self, goal setting, and self-regulation.
d) Emphasizes the importance of unconscious processes and the influence of early childhood experience.

The correct answer is c) Emphasizes learning and conscious cognitive processes, including the importance of beliefs about the self, goal setting, and self-regulation.

Explanation:

The social-cognitive perspective of personality theory emphasizes that personality differences arise from the various ways in which individuals mentally represent information. Internal cognitive processes influence behavior, as well as the observation of other people's behaviors and the environment in which the behavior develops. Once we have stored the knowledge, images and / or descriptions in our minds, we are able to consciously remember these data, so that we can reproduce what we have learned and even repeat it, modulating our behavior. Self-regulation (that is, the ability to control, regulate, and model our own behavior) is a fundamental key to personality.