Efficacy Source Definition
Mastery
Experience
• Description of a specific task
• Indication of mastery or failure
• Absence of a comparative point upon
which mastery is determined
Social
Comparison
• Description of a specific task
• Comparison of performance or behavior
Vicarious to that of peers
Experience
Modeling
Behavior
• Description of the influence of having
witnessed someone else perform tasks
related to engineering or college life
Verbal
Feedback
• Description of the influence of the
verbal feedback received from others
Verbal/Social
Persuasion Nonverbal
Feedback
• Description of the influence of written or
nonverbally (e.g. through body
language, actions, grading policies,
etc.) relayed feedback
Physiological
State
• Description of the various feelings and
emotions experienced when engaged in
engineering tasks or environments