Glossary E
Glossary E
Efficacy expectations is a term that refer to children's beliefs that they can adequately perform a modeled behavior.
Efficacy studies refer to assessments of therapeutic effectiveness based on well-controlled investigation of well-defined clinical problems.
Efficient cause is a term which according to Aristotle is the force that transforms a thing.
Effort justification paradigm refers to a research methodology used to test Dissonance theory , which arouses dissonance by getting people to invest time or energy to achieve a goal that may not be worthwhile
Effortful control refers to a child's ability to suppress a dominant response and perform a sub-dominant response instead.
Moreover, Effortful control is referrring to the temperamental attribute that reflects one’s ability to focus and/or shift attention as called for by the situation and to suppress dominant or inappropriate responses in favor of those more appropriate for the situation