Bandura's Self-Efficacy Theory
For our 11th assignment, we answer questions based on chapter 11 “Social Learning: Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory”. We as a class must describe a learning situation where someone might have low self-efficacy. How would you determine if they have low self-efficacy? What behaviors and attitudes would they exhibit? According to Lefrancois, self-efficacy is defined as “The judgement we make about how effective we are in given situations”. Judgment of self-efficacy are important in determining an individual’s choice of activities and in influencing the amount of interest and effort expended. Self-efficacy reflects confidence in the ability to apply control over one's own motivation, behavior, and social environment. For high self-efficacy a