Self-Efficacy Is Not the Same as Ability

question 50

Multiple Choice

Self-efficacy is not the same as ability.In what way does self-efficacy predict coping and performance above and beyond how one's ability predicts coping and performance?

• A)Circumstances are always ambiguous and unpredictable and hence require coping.
• B)Emotions are always ambiguous and unpredictable and hence require suppressing.
• C)Self-efficacy is a more important predictor of task performance than is ability.
• D)Self-efficacy predicts actual performance, whereas ability predicts only potential performance.

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