Laxmi was not confident that she could learn to program a computer. When she found out that 2 girls with similar GPA in her class were expert programmers her confidence improved dramatically. The influence on her self-efficacy that is most relevant to her change in confidence is
A) previous success and failure.
B) vicarious experience.
C) persuasion.
D) ethnic identity.

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Laxmi's change in confidence was influenced by observing the success of two girls in her class with a similar academic background (GPA). This is an example of vicarious experience, where seeing others succeed in a task can increase one's own belief in their ability to succeed. The other options do not apply as directly to this scenario - previous success and failure refers to an individual's own experiences, persuasion involves external feedback or encouragement, and ethnic identity is not relevant to Laxmi's change in confidence.

Laxmi Was Not Confident That She Could Learn to Program