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Regulation of cognitive processes through perceived self-efficacy.
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In this paper, a number of issues concerning the extension of self-efficacy theory to memory functioning are discussed, such as the multidimensionality and measurement of perceived memory capabilities, the veridicality of memory self-appraisal, the efficacious exercise of personal control over memory functioning, the psychosocial processes by which people preserve a favorable sense of selfefficacy over the life span, and strategies for generalizing the impact of training in memory skills.Abstract:
The articles included in the special series in this issue of Developmental Psychology demonstrate that perceived self-efficacy for memory functioning is an important facet of metamemory. Self-beliefs of efficacy can enhance or impair performance through their effects on cognitive, affective, or motivational intervening processes. This commentary addresses a number of issues concerning the extension of self-efficacy theory to memory functioning. These include the following: the multidimensionality and measurement of perceived memory capabilities; the veridicality of memory self-appraisal; the efficacious exercise of personal control over memory functioning; the psychosocial processes by which people preserve a favorable sense of memory self-efficacy over the life span; and strategies for generalizing the impact of training in memory skills. Much of the research on perceived self-efficacy has focused on its role in the regulation of motivation, action, and affective arousal (Bandura, 1986; 1988a, 1988b, in press). More recently, research conducted within this conceptual framework has sought to clarify how perceived self-efficacy affects thinking processes, either as events of interest in their own right or as intervening influences of other aspects of psychosocial functioning. This research has begun to delineate the ways in which self-percepts of efficacy can enhance or impair the level of cognitive functioning (Bandura, in press). These cognitive effects take various forms.read more
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Parents of children with disabilities: A systematic review of parenting interventions and self-efficacy
TL;DR: This review showed that psychologists and other healthcare practitioners are successfully able to implement training programmes that enhance parenting self-efficacy in parents of children with neurodevelopmental disabilities.
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Beliefs about Memory and Aging
TL;DR: The relationship of beliefs to cognitive performance has been the principal focus of research and it constitutes an important part of research program as mentioned in this paper, which can be extended in several ways, such as obtaining developmental functions for different kinds of targets and addressing the issue of contextual or situational variance in functioning by asking about developmental functions under different situational circumstances.
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Designing University Courses to Improve Pre-Service Teachers' Pedagogical Content Knowledge of Evidence-Based Inclusive Practice.
Julie Lancaster,Alan Bain +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the effects of course design on pre-service teachers' mastery of pedagogical content knowledge about inclusive education about education, using a quasi-experimental comparison group design to establish the differential effects of two course designs, based on the theoretical principle of embedded design derived from selforganization and the other based on classroom instruction and practicum-type experience.
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Assessing Gender Differences in Computer Professionals' Self-Regulatory Efficacy Concerning Information Privacy Practices
TL;DR: In this article, Wu et al. investigated whether male computer professionals differ from their female counterparts in their self-regulatory efficacy to protect personal information privacy, and found that significant gender differences exist in the subjects' overall self-Regulatory efficacy for information privacy.
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the effects of marital support, social network support, and parenting stress on parenting: self-efficacy among mothers of young children in Japan
TL;DR: The authors investigated whether Japanese women's perceived marital and social support affect their parenting self-efficacy directly or indirectly through their levels of parenting stress, and found that the support from the women's own mothers directly affected women's parenting selfefficacy while the criticism from own mothers dampened women's selfefficacies indirectly by increasing their levels The authors.
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