According to Albert Bandura, a person's belief about his or her skills and ability to perform certain behaviors is known as ________.

A) self-efficacy
B) locus of control
C) phenomenology
D) reciprocal determinism

Self-efficacy

An individual's belief in their capacity to execute behaviors necessary to produce specific performance attainments.

Reciprocal Determinism

A concept in psychology proposed by Albert Bandura that suggests individual behavior, environment, and cognition all interact and influence each other.