Information on Self-Efficacy

• Not sure what self-efficacy is?
• Self-Efficacy, by Prof. Bandura. Right from the master's mouth.
• Overview of self-efficacy and of social cognitive theory. From Hertz to Avis. Maybe even Budget.
• Self-Efficacy Beliefs in Academic Contexts, in outline form. Includes numerous links.
• Schooling in America: Myths, Mixed Messages, and Good Intentions. Great Teachers Lecture presented at Emory University.
• Nurturing Academic Confidence, from the Emory Report.
• Chapter outline of Bandura's Self-Efficacy: The Exercise of Control, by Prof. Gio Valiante.
• Complete draft of Chapter 6 - Cognitive Functioning.
• Fundamental human capabilities. With neat graphics.
• Sources and effects of self-efficacy beliefs.
• Developmental Analysis of Self-Efficacy—an outline.
• How does self-efficacy differ from confidence?
• Chapters, articles, and invited talks available on line (pdf documents will require the free Acrobat Reader).
• Schooling in America: Myths, Mixed Messages, and Good Intentions.
• Self and Self-Belief in Psychology and Education: A Historical Perspective.
• The Development of Academic Self-Efficacy.
• Self-beliefs and School Success: Self-efficacy, Self-concept, and School Achievement.
• Current Directions in Self-Efficacy Research.
• Self-Efficacy Beliefs in Academic Settings.
• Seeking a Culturally Attentive Educational Psychology.
• Assessing Self-Efficacy Beliefs and Academic Outcomes.
• Current Directions in Self Research: Self-efficacy.
• Publications by Prof. Bandura available on line.
• The Role of Expectancy and Self-Efficacy Beliefs, Chapter 3 of Pintrich & Schunk's (1996) Motivation in Education.
• For Powerpoint slide shows on Bandura, social cognitive theory, and self-efficacy, please go here
• Self-Efficacy, from the Center for Positive Practices. Also see their parent directory. Quite well done. I wonder who gathered all that information.
• Presentation on Self-Efficacy in Spanish—courtesy of Prof. Eduardo Mejia.
• But They Did Not Give Up  - testaments to self-efficacy's power to influence persistence and perseverance!
• And here are some words on the impossible 
• Would you like to see self-efficacy in action 
• But caution. Here's a little engine that couldn't. As well as an important poem. 
• And here are verbal persuasions at work.
• Nonetheless, Teilhard de Chardin is absolutely correct.

• Biographical sketch of the professor. With pictures !
• Professor Bandura receives the Outstanding Lifetime Contribution Award from APA at their conference in Hawaii. With pictures!! !
• Albert Bandura web site.
• "Albert Bandura: The Man and his Contributions to Educational Psychology." Barry Zimmerman and Dale Schunk's superb chapter from the equally superb book, Educational Psychology: One-Hundred Years of Contributions.
• Site Map - in alphabetical order. Find exactly the URL you need.
• The Professor's CV. Includes all publications through May 2002 (pdf file).
• Prof. Bandura's profile , from ISI Highlycited.com.
• Biographical sketch from Muskingum College. Another one from the Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology. And another from UTexas at Austin. And here is one from ThinkQuest, a site created by high schoolers! They borrowed the pix and biographical sketch from this page, with permission, of course (Click on "Visit Site"). The pix look nice, but they should have read closer. Kids! And there is also a brief bio in Spanish.
• Passages from Professor Bandura, with more pictures!
• Key passages from Bandura's writings.
• Bandura Quotable Quotes.
• A list of Bandura's publications related to Self-Efficacy, 1977-2002, with abstracts.
• Bibliographic record returned by PsychInfo, 1977-2001.
• For the Professor's new and inpress articles, please click here.
• Articles/chapters from Professor Bandura available on-line. [Courtesy of Prof. Bandura]
• Swimming against the tide of gene pools and helplessness, from the Stanford University's News Service. Mirror here.
• Psychology lessons that transcend generations.
• Swimming Against the Mainstream: Accenting the Positive in Human Nature.
• Article on Bandura's Bing lecture - "The Power of Social Modeling: The Effects of Television Violence."
• A Contrarian's View on Human Resilience, from the Christian Science Monitor, December, 1999.
• Bandura at the Psi Cafe. Includes various links.
• Bandura's faculty description at Stanford University.
• Would you like the Professor's autographed photo?
• Photographs of Professor Bandura with Psi Chi students at the 2001 SEPA Conference in Atlanta.
• Regardless of what your textbook says, Albert Bandura was never a behaviorist. Read and be informed.
• And read From Neo-Behaviorism to Social Constructivism?: The Paradigmatic Non-Evolution of Albert Bandura,
  an Honors Thesis by Scott Simon, Emory University.
• In html format.
• In pdf format (158 KB).
• Download the Word document (188 KB).
• Videos available in which Professor Bandura is interviewed.
• Prof. Bandura's professional genealogy can be traced to William James. Click here and prepare to be amazed.
• And did you know . . . ?

If you want to learn about Prof. Bandura's social cognitive theory, you probably ought not rely on the (often flawed) translations and brief theoretical soundbites provided by others. If you don't have time for the magnus opus, read the Professor's own article below. You'll be glad you did.

• Overview of social cognitive theory and of self-efficacy (so, naturally, I put my own brief theoretical soundbite up front ).
• Articles/chapters from Prof. Bandura available on-line. [Courtesy of Prof. Bandura]
• Social cognitive theory: An agentic perspective, by Prof. Bandura, 2001, Annual Review of Psychology. [pdf]
• In Word format here.
• In html format here from Annual Review Psychology (must be accessed from edu domain).
• In html format here, in multiple parts.
• Swimming against the mainstream: The early years from chilly tributary to transformative mainstream, by Prof. Bandura, 2004, Behaviour Research and Therapy. [pdf] In this article, Prof. Bandura traces the transformative paradigm shift in the theory and practice of personal change.
  LEARN ABOUT HOW SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY AND SELF-EFFICACY WERE BORN!
• Brief overview of self-efficacy by Prof. Gail Hackett.
• Social Cognitive Theory from USF.
• Social cognition, from Bill Huitt's Educational Psychology Interactive.
• Bandura's social learning and cognitive theories and self-efficacy University of Cologne. Bandura entries in English.
• Read about how social cognitive theory is making a difference around the globe.
• The Theory Heard 'Round the World, from the APA Monitor, October 2002.
• Changing Behavior Through TV Heroes, from the APA Monitor, October 2004.
• Theoretical soundbites of social cognitive theory here and here. As always, caveat emptor.
• Albert Bandura's Personality Theory. From ThinkQuest, a delightful site created by high school students [Click on Visit Site].
• Graphic model of Reciprocal Determinism, from Longman's Visuals for Learning.
• Early Bandura - social learning theory, aggression studies (and the Bobo doll )
• Transmission of Aggression Through Imitation of Aggressive Models, by Bandura, Ross, and Ross (1961). From the Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 63, 575-582. From Classics in the History of Psychology.
• Observational Learning, from Bill Huitt. And from Funderstanding.
• Sites explaining social learning theory. From the Theory into Practice Database. From Theory at a Glance (scroll down). From FSU's Criminology Department (has cute pictures of the Bobo doll). From McGraw-Hill Higher Education Imprints. A flawed description of Bandura's social cognitive theory (Bandura is not a cognitive behaviorist - see Simon above). Lecture notes on social learning theory from Victor Daniels, Sonoma State. From Arpads Psycho Site.
• Videos available on Social Cognitive Theory and Professor Bandura.
• Concept Analysis of Self-Efficacy, by Mavra Kear. Very interesting.
• An entry on Self-Efficacy, from the Center for Positive Practices, and another one from WikEd at the University of Illinois.
• An Affective Strategy for Increasing Self-Efficacy: Self-Talk, from the NCLRC Language Resource.
• Annotated bibliography of studies dealing with self-efficacy, Bandura, or social cognitive theory (doc file).
• Developing Attitudes that Help You Cope - Self-Efficacy.
• Self-Efficacy and Second Language Learning, from the NCLRC Language Resource.
• Self-Efficacy search results from the NIH's National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
• Working Toward Student Self-Direction and Personal Efficacy as Educational Goals, from NCREL.
• Powerpoint Presentations on the Web.
• Self-Efficacy Theory, Prof. Alexander Stajkovic. Excellent.
• Social Cognitive Theory, from Dr. Sidney Moon, Purdue University.
• Sustaining Effort Through Goal and Self-Efficacy Regulation, Dale Schunk and Peggy Ertmer.
• Social Cognitive Theory, from Valdosta State.
• Web Authoring and Social Cognition - study conducted by Ghee-Youn Noh.