Self-efficacy

Self-efficacy refers to an individual’s belief in his or her capacity to execute behaviors necessary to produce specific performance attainments (Bandura, 1977, 1986, 1997). Self-efficacy reflects confidence in the ability to exert control over one’s own motivation, behavior, and social environment.

Teaching Tip Sheet: Self-Efficacy

Resources

• also related to one of the evaluating factors in dc-pretest and moc-dc
• this is a also mentioned in Chapter 6 Reasoned Action Theory of the persuasion book, Chap. 7 as well