Self Efficacy

What is Self-Efficacy?

Capability to produce performance

Influence over events that affect lives

Feel, think, motivate

High Assurance in capabilities

Difficult tasks = Challenges to be mastered

Intrinsic interest

Engaged in activities

Set challenging goals

Heighten and sustain effort in the face of failure

Failure = insufficient effort, deficient knowledge and skills

Low self efficacy

Doubt capabilities

Avoid difficult tasks, personal threats

Low aspirations

Weak commitment to goals

External agents

Threatening situations

Exercise control

Personal accomplishment

Reduced stress

Lower vulnerability to depression

Threatening situations

Dwell on personal deficiencies

Obstacles

Possible adverse outcomes

Give up when difficulties are encountered

Insufficient performance = deficient aptitude

Beliefs about efficacy

1. Mastery experiencesPerseverance

Effort

Overcoming obstacles

2. Vicarious experiences

Modeling based on perceived similarity

Models transmit knowledge, skills, strategies

Beliefs about efficacy

3. Social persuasion

Possess the capabilities to master activities

Effort, try to succeed

Devp. Skills and sense of personal efficacy

4. Structure situations to bring success

Self improvement= success

Efficacy Activated Processes

1. Cognitive processes

2. Motivational processesAttribution

Expectancy

Goals

Efficacy Activated Processes

1. Cognitive processes2. Motivational processes

AttributionExpectancyGoals

3. Affective processesCoping capabilities

Guided mastery

Coping Capabilities

Stress, depression, motivation

Control over stressors

Control over threats

Depression, avoidance behavior, anxiety

Mastery experiences

Devp resiliance

Selection Processes

People avoid activities they believe exceed their coping capabilities

Undertake challenges they are capable of handling

Choices of environment

Optimistic Self-beliefs of efficacy

Overestimation of self

Innovation

Suffer repeated rejections

Collective efficacy = strength of groups

Motivation

Choice---Effort---Persistence

Achievement

Autonomy

Self determination

Motivation

Intrinsic Extrinsic