According to Albert Bandura, a person's belief about his or her skills and ability to perform certain behaviors is known as ________

a) self-efficacy
b) locus of control
c) phenomenology
d) reciprocal determinism


ANS: A

Psychology

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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