ABSTRACT
Self-efficacy sometimes called the “effectance motive” is a more specific form of self-esteem; it is an individual’s belief about the likelihood of success completing a specific task. The concept of self-efficacy was originally given by Professor Albert Bandura at Stanford University: A set of ideas embedded within his more general social cognitive theory of personality. Self-efficacy refers to an individual’s belief that he or she is capable of performing a task. The greater a person’s self-efficacy the more confidence he or she has to succeed in a task. People with low self-efficacy are more likely to reduce their effort or cease an activity, while those high in self-efficacy will try harder to meet the challenge in difficult circumstances. The relationship between self-efficacy and performance is a cyclical one. Efficacy-performance cycles can spiral upward toward success or downward toward failure.
