GATE 2021 XH5 – Question 32
According to Bandura’s personality theory, which is the most important person variable among these?
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Correct answer: (A) Self-efficacy
Explanation
Self-efficacy is a person’s belief in their capacity to organise and perform actions needed for a particular task. In Bandura’s social-cognitive theory it affects choice, effort and persistence within reciprocal person–behaviour–environment influences. Thus A, rather than a general self-evaluation or the distinct self-determination framework.