AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -While self-efficacy refers to an individual’s judgments of their own abilities, self-concept is more general and includes both cognitive (thoughts about) and affective (feelings about) judgments about oneself (Bong & Clark, 1999).

Detailed explanation-2: -Self-efficacy refers to an individual’s belief in his or her capacity to execute behaviors necessary to produce specific performance attainments (Bandura, 1977, 1986, 1997). Self-efficacy reflects confidence in the ability to exert control over one’s own motivation, behavior, and social environment.

Detailed explanation-3: -Second, we distinguish the four main conceptual units that constitute the various selves of self-presentation. These are the public self, the self-concept, the actual or behavioral self, and the ideal self.

Detailed explanation-4: -defined confidence in terms of Bandura’s (1997) self-efficacy theory as a self-belief related to one’s ability to perform tasks which can vary on three dimensions: level, generality, and strength.