"Self-Efficacy" Is Best Defined as

"Self-efficacy" is best defined as

A) one's sense of self-esteem and personal power.
B) the general sense of one's ability to master tasks and to direct one's behavior toward a goal.
C) the belief that one is competent is most areas of social behavior.
D) the belief that one has accomplished more than his or her peers in the area of competence that one most values (academics, athletics, etc.) .