Question

Dan avoids applying to college because he doubts he can succeed. He is working a retail job, but he tends to focus on the things he does wrong. In fact, he has almost no confidence in his abilities, and when he experiences a setback at work he is ready to quit. Albert Bandura would say Dan has ________. Group of answer choices vicarious learning malfunctioning cognitive processes low self-efficacy no context

Answer 1

The correct answer is ''low self-efficacy.''

Step-by-step explanation:

Self-efficacy refers to the belief that each one has about their ability to organize and execute the actions required to face the challenges and threats that inevitably appear in the life of any person. People with a poor expectation of personal efficacy (Low Self-efficacy) perceive themselves as helpless and incapable of executing some kind of control over the events that threaten the quality of their existence, that is, they believe that complicated tasks and situations are beyond their capabilities, that they will not be able to solve or bear them. Consequently, their stance on these is passive and hopeless, thinking that any effort to change the existing situation will be futile, focusing on personal failures and negative results and losing confidence in personal abilities.