PSYCH 3BA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Likert Scale, Stress Management
29 Apr 2016
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An efficacy expectation is the conviction that one can successfully execute the behaviour required to produce the outcomes. What i believe i can do with my skills under certain circumstances. Performance experience: successful or unsuccessful attempts to control our environment. Vicarious experiences: seeing others succeed (or fail) in controlling their environments - if they are like us. Imagined experiences: imagining successful control of our environment. Verbal persuasion: what others tell us about our abilities and competence. Emotional states: positive states lead to higher feelings of self-efficacy - our self-efficacy fluctuates with our emotional valence. Psychological adjustment: associated with higher self-esteem, more effort, risk taking. Enhances adoption of healthy behaviours, cessation of unhealthy behaviours. Crucial to successful change and maintenance of change: exercise, diet, stress management o o o o. Academic performance: associated with higher performance at every level - belief leads to high performance and high performance leads to beliefs.
