This Social Cognitive Theorist Was the First to Use the Term

question 44

Short Answer

This social cognitive theorist was the first to use the term "self-efficacy" and theorize about its importance in understanding child (and adult)effort and mastery of new situations.

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Definitions:

Tape Recordings

Audio recordings made on magnetic tape, historically used for music, speech, and other sound storage.

Experiments

Research methods involving the manipulation of one or more variables to determine their effect on a certain outcome, typically to establish cause-and-effect relationships.

Overconfidence

A cognitive bias characterized by an individual's overestimation of their knowledge, ability, or access to information.

Cross-examining

The process of questioning a witness who has already testified in order to test or check the accuracy of that testimony.