The Lost ARC / Unit 8 ARC 202 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Mastery Experiences
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The idea
Albert Bandura's research on self-efficacy found that belief in your own capability is learned, above all through mastery experiences: succeeding at tasks that stretch you.
In practice
No amount of encouragement matching the evidence of having done something difficult and succeeded.
Where people slip
The book treats Bandura's self-efficacy as closely related to Self-Determination Theory's competence need.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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