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Proactive and Agentic Self Explained

The document discusses concepts related to viewing the self as proactive and agentic. It defines the self as proactive as controlling situations and preparing for problems. It defines agentic as viewing people as self-organizing, able to make choices, and as agents of change rather than just reactive. It also discusses the concepts of an agentic perspective and self-efficacy as a measure of one's ability to complete goals.
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Proactive and Agentic Self Explained

The document discusses concepts related to viewing the self as proactive and agentic. It defines the self as proactive as controlling situations and preparing for problems. It defines agentic as viewing people as self-organizing, able to make choices, and as agents of change rather than just reactive. It also discusses the concepts of an agentic perspective and self-efficacy as a measure of one's ability to complete goals.
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  • Introduction to Self as Proactive and Agentic
  • Self as Proactive
  • Agentic Perspective Continued
  • Agentic Perspective
  • Agentic Self
  • Self-efficacy

 THE SELF AS A COGNITIVE CONSTRUCTION

THE SELF AS
PROACTIVE AND
AGENTIC
Definition of Concepts:

• Self as Proactive
-controlling a situation by making things
happen or by preparing for possible future
problems
• Agentic
-views people as self-organizing,
proactive, self-reflective, and self-regulating

-the capacity for human beings to make


choices in the world
• Agentic Perspective
-we are not merely reactive
organisms shaped by environmental forces
or driven by inner impulses
• Agentic Self
-seeing the world as agents of change

-we have a choice over our actions and


we strive to enable others to make informed,
responsible decisions
• Self-efficacy
-measure of one’s ability to complete
goals
-people with high self-efficacy and
people with low self-efficacy

THE SELF AS A COGNITIVE CONSTRUCTION
THE SELF AS 
PROACTIVE AND 
AGENTIC
Definition of Concepts:
• Self as Proactive
-controlling a situation by making things 
happen or by preparing for possible fu
• Agentic
-views people as self-organizing, 
proactive, self-reflective, and self-regulating
-the capacity for human beings t
• Agentic Perspective
-we are not merely reactive 
organisms shaped by environmental forces 
or driven by inner impulses
• Agentic Self
-seeing the world as agents of change
-we have a choice over our actions and 
we strive to enable others to ma
• Self-efficacy
-measure of one’s ability to complete 
goals
-people with high self-efficacy and 
people with low self-effica

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