A3 - Self Efficacy Theory Flashcards

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What is self-efficacy?

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Belief in one’s ability to perform a task successfully.

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What can self-efficacy influence?

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Self-efficacy can influence our belief in how successful we think we will be.

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What does high self efficacy lead to?

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A stronger belief that you will complete a task, more motivation.

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What does low self-efficacy lead to?

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Avoiding tasks that you believe you cannot do, you will fail.

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What are the four influences over self-efficacy?

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Vicarious reinforcement
Social Persuasion
Emotional States
Mastery experiences

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What is mastery experience?

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Experience of performing a task successfully, becoming more confident as we have more practice.

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What is vicarious reinforcement?

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Observing a role model performing a task, if successful you will be hopeful doing it.

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What is social persuasion?

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Encouragement from others, which could be negative or positive, has an impact on our self-efficacy.

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What is an emotional state?

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Self-efficacy is influenced by the person’s emotional state, which can reduce or increase self-efficacy.

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Strength of the self-efficacy model?

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The theory has supporting research for understanding addictive behaviours.

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Weakness for self-efficacy model?

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It is difficult to measure and define the concept of self-efficacy.

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