All of the following are ways of increasing self-efficacy except:
a. providing realistic verbal persuasion.
b. arranging reachable goals to expose people to success experiences.
c. increasing the level of physiological and emotional arousal.
d. enhancing vicarious success experiences.
ANS: C
FEEDBACK: The more calm and composed we feel, the greater our self-efficacy. The higher our level of physiological and emotional arousal, the lower our self-efficacy.
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