Question

Self-efficacy, as it relates to goals, is the extent to which an individual a. is willing to expend effort in order to attain a goal. b. is personally interested in reaching a goal. c. believes he or she can accomplish goals even if he or she failed to do so in the past. d. accepts a goal as his or her own. e. believes that a goal is worthwhile.

Answer 1

Answer: C. believes he or she can accomplish goals even if he or she failed to do so in the past.

Explanation: Self-efficacy was first established by Albert Bandura, is the believe that one has that he or she can accomplish a goal even if he or she has failed to do that in the past. Albert Bandura established four sources of Self-efficacy which includes

(1) Mastery experiences(experience gained after continuous efforts).

(2) Vicarious experiences(experience obtained by observing what others are doing and feeling the way they feel about a certain action or Activity).

Verbal Persuasions(self-efficacy gotten through the verbal comments or Persuasions of others)

Emotional and physiological states(when one believes he or she can accomplish a task through the emotional experience and physiology).