Question

Joanna watches her friend Sharon slim down. This increases her confidence that she can lose weight too. Which of the following ways of increasing self-efficacy is represented by this example? enactive mastery vicarious modeling arousal verbal persuasion focused training

Answer 1

vicarious modeling

Step-by-step explanation:

Vicarious modelling is a process by which a person sees himself through another person performing an action that he would like to perform.

In this case, Joanna engaged in vicarious modelling: she wanted to lose weight but did not have enough confidence to do so. She saw her friend Sharon slim down, and Joanna pictured herself doing the same as Sharon. Through vicarious modelling, Joanna gained enough confidence to start losing weight herself.