PSYCH 3BA3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Social Cognitive Theory, Endorphins, The Latest
12 Mar 2014
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Chapter 8 seeing our futures through self-efficacy, optimism, and hope. Peoples" beliefs in their capabilities to produce desired effects by their own actions (bandura) Outcome expectancies: what needs to be done to achieve a desired goal. Efficacy expectancies: a person"s own analysis of his/her capability to complete the necessary action. Begins in infancy and continues throughout life span. Social cognitive theory: suggests that people"s self-efficacy influences their actions and thoughts in such a way that they shape their environments. Development includes: previous successes in similar situations, modeling on others in the same situations. 3: undergoing persuasion by powerful, trustworthy, expert, and attractive other. Imagining oneself behaving effectively people: arousal and emotion. Frontal and prefrontal lobes facilitate the prioritization of goals and planning. Right hemisphere when faced with goal-directed tasks, reacts to problem. Self-efficacy or perceived control possibly an underlying biological variable that facilitates coping: production of neuroendocrines and catecholamines. Catecholamines seen to mirror the level of self-efficacy.
