Publication Date
2018
Document Type
Thesis
Committee Members
Debra Steele-Johnson (Advisor), David LaHuis (Committee Member), Nathan Bowling (Committee Member)
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Abstract
The current study examined how over- and underestimations of ability progress with increasing experience completing a task. Prior research has demonstrated inconsistent effects when investigating the relationship between self-efficacy and performance at the within-person level of analysis, often theorizing distinct effects of over- versus underestimating one's ability level. Thus, the current study investigated the discrepancy between self-efficacy, one's belief in their capability to accomplish some task, and actual performance levels. The current study replicated findings that self-efficacy converges on performance over time and extended prior research by demonstrating the rate of convergence might be affected by the size of initial discrepancy and generalized self-efficacy. Further, in a second study meant to compare self-efficacy - performance discrepancies (SPDs) and goal - performance discrepancies (GPDs), we demonstrated that reporting one's self-efficacy before each trial led to better performance than reporting goal level before each trial
Page Count
106
Department or Program
Department of Psychology
Year Degree Awarded
2018
Copyright
Copyright 2018, all rights reserved. My ETD will be available under the "Fair Use" terms of copyright law.
