Thank you for your reference.
Having read the overview, I conjecture we can summarize it as "Belief in
one's ability to do things successfully." To what extent am I off the
mark?
It appears that self-efficacy has a large number of factors contributing
to it. Am I correct in the assumption that this forum is/can be used for
the promotion of factors contributing to self-efficacy?
Thanks.
On Wednesday, February 27, 2002, at 07:21 PM, Steele, Kirk A wrote:
> "self-reliance"
>
> hm.............................. someone is trying to make inroads
> into a
> formalisation of some form of knowledge.....
>
> It already exists. Let's not re-invent the wheel. Psychology has this
> concept already.
> "Self Efficacy" and "Learned Helplessness"
> Look up a guy by the name of Albert Banduras.
>
> I urge you to read his theories as a starting point for further
> discussion.
> Here is an overview:
> http://www.cc.emory.edu/EDUCATION/mfp/eff.html
>
> lest we forget our roots as social scientists folks.......
>
> memetics is an amalgam of social/cognitive psychology and information
> systems theory. These are our source domains. Don't waste your wet-ware
> recreating your own personal genesis of thought. Other folks have done
> the
> grunt work. Read em.
>
> Work smarter. Not harder!
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