Course Administration Syllabus questions Assessment Questions Self –Efficacy Discussion Break Class Exercises.

Course Administration Syllabus questions

Assessment Questions

Self –Efficacy Discussion Break Class Exercises

Let’s Self-Discover!

Turn to your neighbor and answer these 2 questions:

What did you what to be when you grew up?

Who influenced you the most and why?

Refers to an individual’s belief that he or she is capable of performing a task.

Beliefs and expectations about one’s ability to accomplish a specific task effectively

SELF EFFICACY• Our ability in what we can do.

• Confidence that we can complete the task before us.

SELF RESPECT• The sense of value we place on ourselves.• Our ability to assert our wants and needs in life.

LOW SELF EFFICACY: are more likely to

lessen their effort or give up altogether

Question whether or not they can complete a task

HIGH SELF-EFFICACY Will try harder when

faced with a challenge Will respond better to

negative feedback with increased effort and motivation

Experience – “Mastery experience” success fosters success. Prior experiences-prior successes

Modeling – Observing success, becoming more confident because you see someone else doing the task

Verbal persuasion- becoming more confident because someone convinces you that you have the skills necessary to be successful. (motivational speakers)

Assessment of current physical and emotional capabilities

Introduce yourself

Share about a time when you thought to yourself, “There is no way I can do this”….but somehow, you did it. ◦ What were the conditions◦ What made it possible for you to pull it off? ◦ What was the situation and how did you

ultimately do it?

REMEMBER SELF-EFFICACY IS TASK – RELATED

On a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being the highest) how much self-efficacy do you think you have?

Do you think self-efficacy is important? Do you have self efficacy regarding your current job? Did you have self efficacy before you took your

present job? If not explain why. What’s the difference between self confidence and

self efficacy to you? If your self efficacy is lower than you would like, what

do you need to do to increase it?