Albert Bandura’s Self-Efficacy: Do You Believe in Yourself?

Bandura’s concept of self-efficacy is under review.

In order to understand what self-efficacy theory means , I will ask you a question. First think about the goal you want to achieve.

In the face of challenge, do you feel up to the task and will you be able to achieve your goal? If you are one of those who embody the famous phrase used by Barack Obama in his political campaign that brought him to power in 2008: “Yes, we can!” (We can), you likely have high self-efficacy for this specific goal or task and are confident in your abilities to achieve it.

On the other hand, if you think this challenge is too big for you or you do not have confidence in your abilities to meet it, you have a low perception of personal competence.

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• Bandura considers personal competence to be one of the pivotal components of personality. To learn more you can read: “Albert Bandura’s Personality Theory”

What is self-efficacy?

Self-efficacy is a concept introduced by Albert Bandura , a Ukrainian-Canadian psychologist born in 1925. In 1986, he developed social learning theory , referring to the organization of human motivation and action, which involves three types of expectations: situational-outcome expectations, action-outcome expectations , and perceived self-efficacy. Today I’m going to talk to you about self-efficacy.