PERSONALITY
SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORIES
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No. Even a single failure can seriously deflate students self-efficacy
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No. Failure gives students the message that school is not an enjoyable place to be
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Yes. Self-efficacy is highest when students fail at a task several times in a row before accomplishing it successfully
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yes. Occasional failures interspersed among frequent successes teach students that perseverance pays off.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Should students ever be allowed to fail at classroom tasks? According to social cognitive theorists, the answer is: Yes. Occasional failures interspersed among frequent successes teach students that perseverance pays off.
Detailed explanation-2: -Should students ever be allowed to fail at classroom tasks? If we take into account the concept of resilient self-efficacy, the answer is:-Yes. Self-efficacy is highest when students fail at a task several times in a row before accomplishing it successfully.
Detailed explanation-3: -In social cognitive theory (SCT; Bandura, 1982), behavior is held to be determined by four factors: goals, outcome expectancies, self-efficacy, and sociostructural variables.
Detailed explanation-4: -Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) describes the influence of individual experiences, the actions of others, and environmental factors on individual health behaviors.
Detailed explanation-5: -The social cognitive theory assumes that humans learn behaviour through observational learning. It states that (unlike some learning) we do not need positive reinforcement (a reward) to continue our behaviour, we just need the model to be rewarded/punished for behaviour. Bandura called this vicarious reinforcement.