Social cognitive theory posits that human functioning resultsfrom reciprocal interactions among personal factors, such ascognitions, emotions, behaviors, and environmental conditions. Itcontends that learners set goals that they feel self-efficaciousabout attaining and believe that when attained will result inpositive outcomes. Bandura's theory identifies two types ofexpectations—outcome expectation and efficacy expectation. Outcomeexpectations are beliefs about the likely consequences of actions(Bandura, 1986).Efficacy expectations, or self-efficacy, refer topersonal beliefs about an individual's capabilities to learn orperform actions at designated levels (Bandura, 1997).
Based on your understanding of the above and relevant research,answer the following questions:
What is self-efficacy and what is the self-efficacy model basedon?
