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Efficacy Of Social Identity Theory

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2.1.2. Institutional Identity It is obvious that teachers and instructors, throughout their experience and practice in instructive institutions, develop basically a sense of belonging to their own affiliated educational institutions. According to Brewer (1991), this sense of attachment that mostly instructors grow during their career, is the outcome of numerous influencing factors some of which are mainly informed by social identity theory. For example instructors’ classification of themselves and others as in- and out-groups along with their inclination towards in-group relations (Brewer, 1991). As pointed out by Hogg (2006), the concept of institutional identity is referred to instructors’ state of identification with the organizations …show more content…

Generally speaking, according to social cognitive theory of Bandura (1997), efficacy has two main components. The first component of efficacy is efficacy expectation. As pointed out by Bandura, the efficacy expectation is regarded as a conviction that an individual has the capability, knowledge, and abilities to effectively perform the actions or behavior essential to produce the preferred …show more content…

Sources of Teaching Efficacy According to Bandura (1997), instructor efficacy which is regarded as beliefs in one individual’s competences to establish and implement the courses of action essential to produce given accomplishments, can be primarily derived from four sources of influence. Bandura (1997) proposed theses four main sources of efficacy as: (a) mastery experience, (b) vicarious experience, (c) verbal/social persuasion, and finally (d) physiological/arousal and emotional states. In mastery experience people evaluate their capabilities in accomplishment of tasks and activities that rest on their forgoing success or failure in task/activity-performances. Consequently, the recurrent successful activities and tasks elevate and the recurrent failure experiences decrease efficacy of individuals. The second source of instructor efficacy, as stated by Bandura (1997), is indirect experience, namely, vicarious experience, which is also termed social model or role-modeling. Social modal is the observing and modeling of other individuals’ doings and activities, predominantly if they do not have satisfactory personal

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Crowd behavior also termed Mob or Herd mentality explains the cohesive social behavioral patterns exhibited by individuals who are in a large group- in essence, large number of people acting coherently in the same manner. To discover the psychological basis for this coherence, this paper will explore the implications of social identity theory on crowd behaviors. Utilizing, Social identity theory to understand the bias that permeate in various social context such as the “Racist Chelsea Fans” controversy in 2015. Social Identity Theory coined in 1970 by Henri Tajfel and John Turner explores the social dynamics of intergroup relations and its implications to normative behavior (Tajfel & Turner, 2004). Centralized around the multifaceted social

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Identifying with a group makes people feel secure with and trust one another because of what they have in common. They might share the same interests, language, beliefs, ethnicity, or cultural background. However, by limiting their identities to a specific group, people may miss important opportunities to connect with and understand others. Group identity ensemble the main concept of the group, it can be varied from broad concepts like religion to narrowed ones like hobbies. Anything joins people together can be their group identity.

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When many students are young, they have this belief that their teachers only exist within the classroom and have no life outside of school. As kids grow up, they realize teachers are ordinary people that experience the same feelings as anyone else. Within the realm of education, teachers must design a professional identity that they portray while working. What shapes this identity? Joseph Wegwert, an associate professor at Northern Arizona University, says teachers’ professional identities are fear-based.

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Self-efficacy is best explained by Bandura (1995) who says that it "refers to beliefs in one's capabilities to organize and execute the courses of action required to manage prospective situations". More simply, self-efficacy is what an individual believes he or she can accomplish using his or her skills under certain circumstances (Snyder & Lopez, 2007). Self-efficacy has been thought to be a task-specific version of self-esteem. The basic principle behind Self-Efficacy Theory is that individuals are more likely to engage in activities for which they have high self-efficacy and less likely to engage in those they do not (Van der Bijl & Shortridge-Baggett, 2002). I think that this research by Snyder & lopez is particularly relevant to Simons case as.

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Introduction Social groups are characterised by their social norms, values and confer to members a sense of belonging and social support. However threats to one’s group can have indirect effects on individual’s self-esteem and psychological well-being and lead to prejudiced attitudes to out-groups. Social psychologists have long examined the role of group membership on people’s behaviours attitudes and self-esteem. Tajfel and Turner (1986) proposed Social Identity Theory (SIT) in which there is a distinction between personal and social identity. They argued that this underlies the difference between interpersonal situations and group situations.

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1.2.1.2 Bandura’s social cognitive theory (1997) While one strand of research grounded in Rotter’s Social Learning Theory developed, a second strand emerged, growing out of Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory and his construct of Self-Efficacy, as initially described in his 1977 article, ‘‘Self-Efficacy: Toward a unifying theory of behavioral change’’. Bandura (1997) defined perceived Self-Efficacy as ‘‘beliefs in one’s capabilities

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