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Psych - Health
Psychology - Health - Self-efficacy theory
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is 'self-efficacy'? | the belief in one's own ability to perform a task successfully, central to behavioural change. |
| What are the 4 sources of self-efficacy? | 1) mastery experiences 2) vicarious reinforcement 3) social persuasion 4) emotional states |
| What are 'mastery experiences'? | experience of performing task successfully means you learn about your own capability and feel confident performing future tasks |
| What is 'vicarious reinforcement'? | your self-efficacy increases when you observe someone else performing a task successfully |
| What is 'social persuasion'? | encouragement from others increases self-efficacy, adds to belief we can succeed |
| What are 'emotional states'? | stress and anxiety reduce self-efficacy, we expect to fail and do |
| What study supported 'self-efficacy'? | Strecher et al. 1986 |
| What did Strecher et al. 1986 show? | self-efficacy linked to several health behaviours, can be increased leading to change |
| What are the effective practical applications for self-efficacy? | break target behaviour into achievable tasks (easiest first), use relaxation training to reduce stress |
| What did Eastman and Marzillier 1984 show? | some self-efficacy scales are unclear and do not measure self-efficacy, or self-efficacy confused with confidence or self-esteem |
| What did Vancouver et al. 2002 show? | increasing self-efficacy lowered performance on next task, led to over-confidence and less effort |
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