Some claim that “negative messages have an even greater influence on lowering efficacy expectations than positive messages do on increasing efficacy.” Do you agree? Why or why not?
I agree that negative messages have a greater influence on lowering efficacy. I believe it has greater impact because if you look at Alderman on pg. 72 the most important to self efficacy is Task Accomplishment. If the task is not completed then vicarious experiences, verbal persuasion, and physiological states become negative. Then the person who has failed the task startes to doubt there ability and effort can be compromised. If the task is complete then the sources are positive which improves self efficacy then the person can believe there ability is strong. failing has a bigger impact because it distrupts effort and self worth. Self worth is important in any thing and efficacy is very important in sports. Think about learning goal and performance goal and competitive sports. sports pyschology is interesting to think about when referring to failing or winning.
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Hi Nicole,
ReplyDeleteI was reading your post on Negative or Positive Thinking, and I agree that negative messages have a strong influence on people, but I do not completely agree that they are stronger than positive thinking. Do you think that a person who is constantly praised and encouraged would be less likely to succeed than a person who is constantly belittled would have to fail (I hope this makes sense)? I think that positive messages can be just as strong as or stronger than negative messages. I was taking a child development class during May and read a study in Child Development: A Thematic Approach that involved teacher influence on students grades. The teachers were led to believe that some of their students were honors and the others were average or below average students. The teachers’ expectancies were seen through the performances of the students. Those who were expected to perform low, struggled, and those who were expected to excel, excelled. I truly believe that students will live up to the expectations of the adults (teachers, parents, and mentors), whether they are giving positive or negative feedback.
~Michelle
Nicole and Michelle,
ReplyDeleteThere has been decades of research on the idea that negative weighs more than positive
http://psychology.uchicago.edu/people/faculty/cacioppo/jtcreprints/ilsc98.pdf
I remember learning about this when I was an undergrad, in the late 60s, early 70s. But it is complicated, and this article suggests two different "motivational substrates."
What you are saying Michelle is also very, extraordinarily true - we can achieve more than we even know, and so can our students, when we think in terms of higher expectations!