Major sources of self-efficacy are the following: Group of answer choices

a. Mastery experiences, social modeling, social persuasion, and psychological responses

b. Previous experiences, evaluating oneself, evaluating others, and evaluative responses

c. Mastery experiences, evaluative modeling, evaluating oneself, and social persuasion

d. Previous experiences, evaluative modeling, current experiences, emotional responses

The correct answer is A. Mastery experiences, social modeling, social persuasion, and psychological responses

Explanation:

Major sources of self-efficacy are the following:

Mastery experiences: The most effective way of developing a strong sense of efficacy is through mastery experience and mastery experiences occur when we attempt to do something and are successful.

social modeling / vicarious experience: this involves witnessing other people successfully completing a task or seeing people similar to oneself succeed by sustained effort raises observers' beliefs that they too possess the capabilities to succeed.

social persuasion: People can be persuaded to believe that they have the skills and capabilities to succeed by getting verbal encouragement from others.

psychological responses: responses and emotional reactions to situations also play an important role in self-efficacy