Self-Efficacy Belief
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A Self-Efficacy Belief is a personal belief that represents a person's cognitive appraisal of their ability to succeed at specific tasks or goals.
- AKA: Perceived Self Efficacy, Personal Efficacy, Self Competence Belief.
- Context:
- It can typically function as an Internal Awareness through its subjective self-perception.
- It can typically operate as a Task-Specific Cognitive Belief through its domain-focused nature.
- It can typically serve as a Measurable Psychological Construct through standardized assessment.
- It can typically influence Performance Outcome through efficacy-based motivation.
- It can typically predict Achievement Level through persistence behavior.
- It can typically represent a Psychological Belief Construct distinct from observable traits or actual competence.
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- It can often determine Task Attempt Decision via self-efficacy evaluation.
- It can often regulate Effort Investment via confidence-based commitment.
- It can often sustain Task Persistence via self-efficacy conviction.
- It can often facilitate Post-Failure Resilience via efficacy belief stability.
- It can often be strengthened through Mastery Experiences when successful performance occurs.
- It can often be enhanced via Vicarious Experiences when observing others succeed.
- It can often develop through Social Persuasion when credible encouragement is received.
- It can often fluctuate based on Physiological States affecting efficacy judgment.
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- It can range from being a Domain-Specific Self Efficacy to being a Generalized Self Efficacy, depending on its application scope.
- It can range from being a Low Self Efficacy to being a High Self Efficacy, depending on its confidence magnitude.
- It can range from being a Temporary Self Efficacy to being a Stable Self Efficacy, depending on its temporal consistency.
- It can range from being an Underestimated Self Efficacy to being an Overestimated Self Efficacy, depending on its accuracy alignment.
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- It can function within Social Cognitive Theory's Reciprocal Determinism model through triadic interaction.
- It can have Self Efficacy Dimensions such as magnitude, strength, and generality.
- It can differ from competence which is an actual ability rather than a perceived capability.
- It can differ from observable behavior in being a subjective belief rather than an external attribute.
- It can influence behavioral choice without requiring external validation.
- It can exist independently of performance outcomes while still being experience-influenced.
- It can Regulate Effort Investment via conviction in long-horizon outcomes.
- It can Sustain Post-Failure Resilience via belief persistence despite external doubt.
- It can Facilitate Strategic Direction Setting via introspective belief scaffolding.
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- Examples:
- Cognitive Belief Construct Types, such as:
- Self Efficacy Beliefs, such as:
- Domain-Specific Self Efficacys, such as:
- Leadership Self Efficacys, such as:
- Self Efficacy Measurements, such as:
- Self Efficacy Application Contexts, such as:
- Clinical Applications, such as:
- Organizational Applications, such as:
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- Cognitive Belief Construct Types, such as:
- Counter-Examples:
- Learned Helplessness, which represents a belief that efforts will not lead to success rather than a belief in task capability.
- Self Doubt, which indicates a lack of confidence in abilities rather than a conviction in capabilities.
- Impostor Syndrome, which involves a belief that success is undeserved rather than a legitimate capability belief.
- Anxiety, which is an emotional state rather than a cognitive belief construct.
- Motivation, which is a dynamic process rather than a stable belief.
- Competence, which is an actual ability rather than a perceived capability.
- See: Social Cognitive Theory, Psychological Construct, Cognitive Appraisal, Self-Regulation, Psychological Assessment, Belief System, Performance Psychology, Self-Esteem, Locus of Control, Neuroticism.
References
2017
- (Wikipedia, 2017) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/self-efficacy Retrieved:2017-6-5.
- Self-efficacy, also referred as personal efficacy, is confidence in one's own ability to achieve intended results. [1] Psychologists have studied self-efficacy from several perspectives, noting various paths in the development of self-efficacy; the dynamics of self-efficacy, and lack thereof, in many different settings; interactions between self-efficacy and self-concept; and habits of attribution that contribute to, or detract from, self-efficacy. Self-efficacy affects every area of human endeavor. By determining the beliefs a person holds regarding his or her power to affect situations, it strongly influences both the power a person actually has to face challenges competently and the choices a person is most likely to make. These effects are particularly apparent, and compelling, with regard to behaviors affecting health.[2] Judge et al. (2002) argued the concepts of locus of control, neuroticism, generalized self-efficacy (which differs from Bandura's theory of self-efficacy) and self-esteem may be markers of the same higher order concept and demonstrated them to be related concepts.
- ↑ Ormrod, J. E. (2006). Educational psychology: Developing learners (5th ed.). Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson/Merrill Prentice Hall.
- ↑ Luszczynska, A., & Schwarzer, R. (2005). Social cognitive theory. In M. Conner & P. Norman (Eds.), Predicting health behaviour (2nd ed. rev., pp. 127–169). Buckingham, England: Open University Press.