Self Efficacy In Relations Of Context With Achievement

The environment and people around you can tremendously impact the person that you become. It can especially influence your views of success and what you find attainable. Although outside factors play a major role in development, nothing is more important than how you view yourself and what you take away from the things around you. A persons self efficacy is the driving force of what motivates them to succeed. This was shown in Relations of Context With Achievement article. They stated the importance of strong parent, teacher, and other supporting relationships in middle childhood; but also that none of these are as important as how a child perceives themselves. The combination of a positive environment and strong self efficacy leads to greater academic achievement. Your views of self begin developing as early as elementary school, however the article suggests that middle school is a crucial time to help make strong connections. Self efficacy can help determine your confidence and thus affect your motivation to succeed. This is especially true in an academic setting. In previous articles, research conducted has concluded that if a child feels confident in their ability to complete a task they will be more willing and motivated to complete the task again even over something as desirable as recess. This ties into Banduras self efficacy …show more content…
As a twenty one year old college student there are still things I have yet to figure out. I have had nothing but positive support growing up, and a loving surrounding environment. My motivation to succeed mostly comes from the passion I hold for going into my future career. Growing up with sickle cell anemia, I always had to push myself to overcome obstacles that not every person has to face. Getting through some of the most challenging moments in my life at a young age left me to develop a strong sense of self and an overall high self