Through today lesson, I learn about the ways to increase self esteem is need to realize our level of self esteem and be friend with positive people to help us think more positive. The another way is create positive environment around us through get some positive view from article or motivational talk. I learn about the new topic about self efficacy. Self efficacy refer to individual beliefs that he or she can do or cannot do about one task. It reflects confidence in the ability to control one’s own motivation, behavior, and social environment. Self efficacy is the belief that our ability to challenges ourself and completed the task. Factor influence self efficacy is from our experience, during from childhood time and environment. There are two types of self efficacy which is overall belief and specific forms (academic, parenting, sports). Belief determinants of how people think, behave and feel. High self efficacy is we know our weakness but give ourself opportunity to try it. For example, Aisyah is not well at subject Mathematics but she believe her ability and can learn it well.
In addition, I learn about the locus control that refers to believe the power to adapt your life within internal or external. For example, if you trust in your abilities and take an initiative to apply at various places, you have a strong internal locus of control. The effects of low self efficacy will make people believe that the task is hard to finish and giving up while the high self efficacy lead people to greater efforts. So the high self efficacy and low self efficacy need to moderate to make people become more better. I also understand well about the five main sources to increase self efficacy. The first one is mastery experience. It refers to gain experience, take new challenge and success and this can improve by practice. The second one is vicarious experience means that having a role model to observe and emulate. The another one is verbal persuasion and this refer to positive impact that our words especially for child. The fourth is emotional and physiological that refer to overall healthy and well being. When we are healthy in mind, emotion and physical, it will help us to increase the self efficacy. The last one is imaginal experiences or called visualization. This allow us to dream our success and help us build the belief of success.