Question

Bethany has a strong sense of competence and effectiveness in her profession. She does not back down from any professional challenge because she believes she can meet any challenge. According to the social-cognitive perspective, Bethany's belief in herself illustrates:

Answer 1

Self-efficacy

Explanation:

Self-efficacy was according to Albert Bandura is to believe in one's capability to organize and execute the courses require to manage the task or any situation. In other words we can say that self-efficacy is a person's belief in own ability and capacity to succeed in a particular situation. Bandura describes these beliefs in terms of determinants that people think, behave and feel. Although all people know their target behavior to achieve their goals, things they would like to achieve and things that they would like to change although many people think that it is not so easy to put these processes in action.

The major source of self-efficacy areas:

• Mastery experience
• Social modeling
• Social persuasion
• Psychological response