Self efficacy

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learned helplessness, locus of control, self concept, self help

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• Perceived self-efficacy is defined as people's beliefs about their capabilities to produce designated levels of performance that exercise influence over events that affect their lives.
• In terms of feeling, a low sense of self-efficacy is associated with depression, anxiety, and helplessness.
• Bandura argues that the system of self-efficacy is the very foundation of human motivations and personal achievements.
• Self-efficacy is people's confidence in their ability to achieve a specific goal in a specific situation.
• Just to clarify, self-efficacy is a concept borrowed from social psychology and refers to people's judgments of their capabilities to organize and execute courses of action required to attain certain goals.

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