PSYC 389 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Motivational Speaker, Perceived Control, Decision-Making
29 Mar 2019
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Two kinds of expectancy: efficacy expectancies: estimates about our capacity to competently perform the behaviour, outcome expectancies: predictions about how likely it is that certain consequences will follow once behaviour is performed. Self-efficacy is the knowledge that you can adapt/cope with the changes. A personal belief that the self "has what it takes" to cope with the changing and potentially overwhelming demands of the environment. A person"s judgement of how well (or poorly) he or she will cope with a situation, given the skills they possess and the circumstances they will face. Self efficacy is just as important as ability when it comes to competent functioning. 1: personal behaviour history: memory of past demonstrations of the task by you (done it before) 2: vicarious experience (modelling): similar others doing the task. Ex: if they do well i should too, if they fail i might also fail. 3: verbal persuasion (pep talk): pep talk must be from credible and respected source.
