According to Bandura's views, which of the following statements ...

[cartlidgeashley]

According to Bandura's views, which of the following statements is true about the development of self-efficacy during childhood?
 
  a. Self-efficacy develops completely by the time children cross their infancy.
  b. Men with high self-efficacy are likely to have had more demanding mothers than fathers when they were children.
  c. Children base the judgment of their abilities similarly irrespective of whether they have siblings or not.
  d. Grouping children according to their abilities promotes the development of self-efficacy and self-confidence by arranging reachable goals.

Question 2

All of the following are ways of increasing self-efficacy except:
 
  a. providing realistic verbal persuasion.
  b. arranging reachable goals to expose people to success experiences.
  c. increasing the level of physiological and emotional arousal.
  d. enhancing vicarious success experiences.

[duke02]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
FEEDBACK: High self-efficacy men tend to have had, when they were children, warm relationships with their fathers. Mothers were more demanding than fathers, expecting higher levels of performance and achievement.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
FEEDBACK: The more calm and composed we feel, the greater our self-efficacy. The higher our level of physiological and emotional arousal, the lower our self-efficacy.