Albert Bandura Flashcards
Reciprocal Determinism
Both internal and external factors cause behavior
Triadic Reciprocal Determinism
Behavior, Environment, and Personal variables can influence and be influenced by other variables
Self-Efficacy
Refers to your belief in what you can successfully do
4 Components of Self Efficacy
Selection
Effort/Persistence/Performance
Emotion
Coping
Selection
What kind of activities you participate in
ex: higher self-efficacy wants challenging goals
Effort/Persistence/Performance
How much effort you put into a task
Emotion
high self-efficacy = approach things w/ less anxiety
Coping
high self-efficacy= better at coping
Sources of efficacy expectations
- Performance Accomplishments
- Vicarious Experience
- Verbal Persuation
- Emotional Arousal
Vicarious Experience
Watching somone else succeed at a task, encourages you to do it as well
Verbal persuation
most common source of efficacy expectations
-being told by someone you CAN do something
Emotional Arousal
Key component to evaluating how well you can do when there is fear or anxiety involved
External Sources
Vicarious Experience and Verbal Persuation
Internal Sources
Accomplishments and Emotional Arousal
Self-Efficacy and Personality Change
Simply believing that therapy may help your life may help you make positive changes
ex: related to overcoming depression, PTSD, phobia, athletics, etc…