The Expectancy for Success Scale Life is filled with opportunities and obstacles

The Expectancy for Success Scale Life is filled with opportunities and obstacles. What happens when you are faced with a difficult challenge? Do you rise to meet it or do you back off? Social-cognitive theorists note that our self-efficacy expectancies influence our behavior. When we believe that we are capable of succeeding through our own efforts we marshal our resources and apply ourselves. The following scale created by Fibel and Hale (1978) can give you insight as to whether you believe that your own efforts are likely to meet with success. You can compare your own expectancies for success with those of other undergraduates taking psychology courses by turning to the scoring key at the end of the chapter. Directions: Indicate the degree to which each item applies to you by circling the appropriate number according to this key: 1Highly improbable 2Improbable 3Equally improbable and probable not sure 4Probable 5Highly probable