PSYC 342 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Chesed, Fundamental Attribution Error, Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence
11 Oct 2012
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Chapter 8- seeing our futures through self-efficacy, optimism, and hope. Based on a sense of personal control. Self-efficacy = people"s beliefs in their capabilities to produce desired effects by their own actions . Maddux: what i believe i can do with my skills under certain conditions. Self-efficacy includes: outcome expectancies- what needs to be done to reach a goal, efficacy expectancies- capacity to complete necessary actions. Begins in infancy and continues through life. We learn by observing how we can influence the surrounding circumstances. Developmental antecedents: previous similar successes, modeling, imagery/visualization, verbal persuasion, arousal and emotion. Self-efficacy yields sense of control: production of neuroendocrines and catecholemines. Efficacy beliefs should be measured in terms of particular capacities in different domains and under different circumstances. Examples: career self-efficacy scale, occupational questionnaire, career counseling self-efficacy scale, Coping self-efficacy scale, cultural self-efficacy scale, memory self-efficacy scale. Self-efficacy scale: 2 main factors = general and social self-efficacy: cross-situational perspective.
