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Applied Behavior Analysis

California State University, San Bernardino

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Self-perception

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The Effects Of Competiton On Adult Circumstantial Efficacy, Matthew Aaron Bender Jan 2010

The Effects Of Competiton On Adult Circumstantial Efficacy, Matthew Aaron Bender

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The purpose of this study was to expand the knowledge and understanding of circumstantial efficacy and replicate and expand on the findings of Ganzach et al (2008). The author designed a computer dice game specifically for this study to examine how the size of a win or loss moderates the effects performance on curcumstantial and internal efficacy beliefs.


Means Efficacy: The Proposed Role Of External Resources On Motivation, Marissa Marie Jones Jan 2009

Means Efficacy: The Proposed Role Of External Resources On Motivation, Marissa Marie Jones

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Means Efficacy is the belief in the utility of the resources that are necessary to complete a specific task. This research examined the relationship between means-efficacy and self-efficacy on perceptions of resources, perceptions of abilities, peformance expectations and actual peformance. This study sought to expand on the means efficacy literature by demonstrating the separate but parallel roles of the means efficacy and self-efficacy constructs on the the self-regulatory process.