SELF-EFFICACY Flashcards
What is self-confidence?
- general feelings of ability in many situations
What is self-efficacy?
- the conviction that one can successfully execute the behaviour required to produce the outcome
- “situation-specific self-confidence”
What are efficacy expectations based on?
- not based upon the actual skills one possesses, but are related to the individual’s judgements of what they can do in a situation with the skills they possess
What is an outcome expectancy?
- a persons estimate that a given behaviour will lead to certain outcomes
What is efficacy expectation?
- an individual’s confidence that they can do the behaviour needed to produce the outcome – not that this behaviour will lead to the outcome
Based on a study performed on self-efficacy, what do high self-efficacy perceptions result in?
- solved more problems
- reworked more failed questions
- generally had a more positive attitude toward the activity
If someone isn’t efficacious in their abilities, what is usually the result?
- tend to avoid tasks and/or situations they believe exceed their capabilities but undertake activities they judge themselves capable of handling
What is connection between self-efficacy and effort?
- the stronger the perceived self-efficacy, the more active the efforts
What is persistence?
- the ability to stick with something
- greater chance of staying involved when faced with challenging obstacles
What do our thought patterns include in terms of self-efficacy?
- what we think
- high se will attribute failure to insufficient effort
- for those with comparable skills, but low se – attribute failure to deficient ability
What is the link between self-efficacy and emotional reactions?
- how we feel
- low se – will dwell upon personal deficiencies and will perceive obstacles as more intimidating then they really are
- increased stress will undermine the effective use of the capabilities they do possess
What are some sources of self-efficacy?
- performance accomplishments
- vicarious experiences
- social persuasion
- physiological/affective states?
What are vicarious experiences?
- the experience of another person, through which, you attach your life
- putting yourself in someone else’s shoes
The influence of performance accomplishments on se depends on….?
- task difficulty
- amount of effort expended
- amount of physical guidance received
- temporal sequence of successes and failures
How are strong efficacy expectations developed?
- through repeated success
- the negative impact of occasional failures is likely to be reduced
