This mini case study paper will go into detail about a specific case study that involves Annie, a fifth-grade student in Mr. Baer’s class whom is showing various characteristics that are out of the norm for her. This paper will go into detail on five different questions that relate to Annie’s behavior and will apply a theory to the current situation.
Albert Bandura’s social cognitive theory relates to the idea that cognition has a major effect on how we behave and act. Bandura believed that our behavior and actions were influenced from influences that came from our environments at home, personally, or through our behavior (Slavin, 2015). Bandura also believed that modeling a specific behavior would lead to children partaking within the same behavior or tend to show more characteristics …show more content…
To break it down, I feel that self-efficacy can be related to having confidence in yourself. We all learn new tasks or we are given a challenge to try and overcome, therefore, having confidence is a major key to being successful (Slavin, 2015). For Annie, it doesn’t seem like she establishes much confidence in herself or in her abilities in writing. Annie probably tends to view any writing assignment with fear, which then causes her to think negative thoughts and no longer view the writing assignment with an “I can do it attitude”. Annie may also be afraid of what comments her teacher might make in regards to her writing if she were to make a mistake (Slavin, 2015). The sources of Annie’s low self-efficacy could be anything from fear of the area of writing, fear of disappointing herself and teacher, fear of making mistakes, and just an overall lack of confidence in herself and the willingness to try no matter what the outcome (Slavin,
Albert Bandura’s social cognitive theory relates to the idea that cognition has a major effect on how we behave and act. Bandura believed that our behavior and actions were influenced from influences that came from our environments at home, personally, or through our behavior (Slavin, 2015). Bandura also believed that modeling a specific behavior would lead to children partaking within the same behavior or tend to show more characteristics …show more content…
To break it down, I feel that self-efficacy can be related to having confidence in yourself. We all learn new tasks or we are given a challenge to try and overcome, therefore, having confidence is a major key to being successful (Slavin, 2015). For Annie, it doesn’t seem like she establishes much confidence in herself or in her abilities in writing. Annie probably tends to view any writing assignment with fear, which then causes her to think negative thoughts and no longer view the writing assignment with an “I can do it attitude”. Annie may also be afraid of what comments her teacher might make in regards to her writing if she were to make a mistake (Slavin, 2015). The sources of Annie’s low self-efficacy could be anything from fear of the area of writing, fear of disappointing herself and teacher, fear of making mistakes, and just an overall lack of confidence in herself and the willingness to try no matter what the outcome (Slavin,