EDP 304 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Motivation, Controllability, Carol Dweck
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Belonging: self-efficacy- judgment of one"s ability to perform a task within a specific domain. "you are not doing students a service by building them up with a false sense of accomplishment" An individual"s representation of reality that has enough personal validity and credibility to guide behavior and though. Reference points for judgments tend to be inherent within the task requirements (e. e. How confident are you that you can successfully write a good essay on the information processing model?) Judgement of competence at a broad level. Reference points for judgments tend to be social and self comparisons (eg. i am better reader than most of my classmates/ i am better at science than i am at math. Persist when goasl are not initially reached. Expend high effort when faced with challenging tasks. Control stress and anxiety when goals are not met. Believe they are in control of their environment. Perform higher than low-efficacy students of equal ability.
