Albert Bandura's Concept of Self-Efficacy Specifically Refers to People's

question 549

Multiple Choice

Albert Bandura's concept of self-efficacy specifically refers to people's

• A)beliefs about their abilities to perform behaviours needed to achieve specific outcomes
• B)tendencies to behave in ways consistent with their self-concepts
• C)beliefs about the general amount of control they have in their lives
• D)tendencies to want to feel positively about themselves

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Definitions:

Repression

A defense mechanism in psychoanalytic theory where unwanted or distressing thoughts and memories are unconsciously pushed out of conscious awareness.

Anterograde Amnesia

A memory deficit suffered after some kinds of brain damage, in which the patient seems unable to form new explicit memories; however, memories acquired before the injury are spared.

Memory Encoding

The process of converting information into a form that allows it to be stored in the brain.

Memory Trace

The physical record in the nervous system that preserves a memory.