Which one of the following best illustrates self-efficacy rather than general self-concept or self-esteem?
a. Anne is pretty sure she can win a spot on the school's dance squad if she practices her routine every day until the tryouts.
b. Brandi thinks of herself as being more intelligent than most of her classmates.
c. Connor has little faith in his ability to learn new things, and so he does whatever he can to avoid doing assigned classroom tasks.
d. Darvin is convinced that no one likes him, even though most people really do.
Question 2
Three of the following statements accurately describe how sense of self changes over childhood and adolescence. Which statement is not accurate?
a. With age, children increasingly make distinctions among different aspects of themselves.
b. With age, children's self-perceptions become increasingly stable.
c. Adolescents become aware of inconsistencies among their various self-perceptions and eventually try to resolve the inconsistencies in some way.
d. With age, children's self-appraisals become less and less accurate.
