Self-efficacy

• Mastery experiences is when an individual gets to practice a new skill and demonstrate our capabilities to ourselves.
• A mastery experience will strengthen our belief in our ability for similar tasks in the future
• Vicarious experience - is when we see an individual be rewarded or punished for a behaviour and decide whether they want repeat that behaviour.
• Social persuasion - this is the encouragement we receive from others.
• Social persuasion only works if the persuader is credible.
• Emotional states - people need to be emotionally well to maintain high levels of self-efficacy.
• Self-efficacy theory can be used to help us understand the treatment needs of different people.
• The concept of vicarious experiences can be applied to encourage others to their behaviour. (Weight watchers).
• High self-efficacy can lead to some people underestimating the amount of effort they need to put into tasks.