Educational Psychology / Unit 5 EDP 0409 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Self-Efficacy vs Locus of Control
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The idea
Self-efficacy is belief in one's ability to do a task; locus of control is belief about whether one's actions control outcomes at all.
In practice
A student may believe effort determines grades yet doubt she can manage chemistry.
Where people slip
The two can come apart, and locus of control leads toward the attribution theories of unit seven.
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