A person who believes that he or she has the ability or behaviors required by a particular situation demonstrates high ______.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Self-efficacy
Option (1) Self-efficacy — Correct. It is a person’s belief that she or he has the ability or behaviours a situation requires, and so controls the outcome rather than luck or fate. The idea comes from Bandura’s social learning theory.
Option (2) Self-esteem — Incorrect. Self-esteem is the value judgement a person makes about her or his own worth, not a belief about ability for a particular situation.
Option (3) Self-regulation — Incorrect. This is the ability to organise and monitor one’s own behaviour, changing it to suit the demands of the environment.
Option (4) Self-observation — Incorrect. It is a technique of self-control: watching one’s own behaviour so as to know what needs to change.
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NCERT (2025-26): “Self-efficacy Self-efficacy is another important aspect of our self. People differ in the extent to which they believe they themselves control their life outcomes or the outcomes are controlled by luck or fate or other situational factors, e.g. passing an examination. A person who believes that s/he has the ability or behaviours required by a particular situation demonstrates high self-efficacy. The notion of self-efficacy is based on Bandura…” |