yruko:tomoytan “What Is Self-Efficacy?” ~ Just “I think I can” changes people ~

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“What Is Self-Efficacy?”

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[ About this note ]

A comedy-duo-style read-along where

Yaruko and Tomo-chan learn about

non-cognitive skills at full energy.

✨Yaruko = the funny one

(sharp mind, but her thoughts

head in unique directions)

🎀Tomo-chan = the straight man / explainer

(handles Yaruko’s jokes and

delivers the knowledge)

・ All technical terms are broken down

in plain English.

Cast:

✨Yaruko : 28, office worker.

Catchphrase: “I just kinda

assumed that was how it worked.”

🎀Tomo-chan : Same age. Studies psychology

intensively as a hobby.

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✨Yaruko

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( o w o )

( つ ⊂ )

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“Today is self-efficacy, right?

The moment I heard the term,

I thought — how is this different

from self-esteem?”

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🎀Tomo-chan

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( -v- )

( > > /

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“Good question. A lot of people

get these mixed up.

The difference:

Self-esteem

→ “I am OK.”

A sense of acceptance of who

you are as a person.

Self-efficacy

→ “I can do THIS thing.”

A sense of being able to

carry out a specific action.

Proposed by Albert Bandura (1977).

For example:

High self-esteem but

low self-efficacy:

→ “I think I’m a good person.

But there’s no way I can give

that presentation…”

High self-efficacy:

→ “Not really my strength,

but if I prepare,

I think I can pull it off.””

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✨Yaruko

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(`o`)!!

( > < ) )

( (*,*)(*,*)

“So then —

since I basically believe

everything will somehow work out,

my self-efficacy must be

sky high!!

Work, dating —

I assume it will all work out.

(It is not, in fact, working out.)”

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🎀Tomo-chan

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( >=< )

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“Unfounded omnipotence is

something else entirely!!

Self-efficacy is ALWAYS tied to

specific, concrete behaviors!!

The four sources of self-efficacy

(Bandura’s theory):

(1) Mastery Experience

→ Actually doing something

and succeeding at it is

the strongest source.

Stack small wins.

(2) Vicarious Experience

→ Seeing someone similar

to you succeed at it.

→ “If they can do it,

maybe I can too.”

(3) Verbal Persuasion

→ A trusted person telling you,

“You can do this.”

(4) Physiological / Emotional State

→ Manage your bodily state.

Reframe nervousness as

“evidence of motivation.”

(Cognitive reappraisal.)”

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✨Yaruko

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(; ^v^ )

( > < ) )

( (*,*)(*,*)

“So vicarious experience means…

If I watch you studying so hard,

and I think, “if she can do it,

maybe I can pick up these

non-cognitive skills too” —

that counts, right?

Which means……

Tomo-chan, you are currently

the source of MY self-efficacy.

Thank you for your service.

Please continue.”

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🎀Tomo-chan

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( TvT )

( > > /

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“Your usage of the concept

is technically correct!!

But somehow I feel like

I just got hustled!!

Recap:

(1) Self-efficacy = belief in your

ability to do a specific thing

(2) Different from self-esteem

(“I am OK as a person”)

(3) Four sources — mastery

experience is the strongest

(4) Stacking small wins is the

most effective path”

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[ Quiz ]

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Q. According to Bandura’s theory,

the most powerful source of

self-efficacy is:

(A) Inspirational messages from

celebrities.

(B) Your own accumulated

successes.

← Correct

© Reading biographies of

successful people.

(D) Repeating positive

affirmations every day.

[ Explanation ]

Among the four sources, Bandura

identified mastery experience —

your own real, lived successes at

a task — as the most powerful.

Building this through small,

achievable steps is the most

effective way to grow it.

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