Self-Confidence Glossary
25 essential terms — because precise language is the foundation of clear thinking in Self-Confidence.
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Confident expression of one's needs, opinions, and boundaries without aggression or passivity.
A framework explaining how people interpret and assign causes to events and behaviors.
Involuntary, habitual negative thought patterns that arise spontaneously and erode confidence if unchallenged.
A CBT technique for identifying, challenging, and replacing distorted thought patterns with more balanced ones.
A psychological state of operating within familiar, low-anxiety boundaries where one feels in control.
Purposeful, structured practice with specific goals and feedback aimed at improving performance beyond current levels.
A cognitive bias where people with limited ability overestimate their competence while experts underestimate theirs.
The belief that intelligence, talent, and abilities are static traits that cannot be significantly changed.
The belief that abilities and intelligence can be developed through dedication, effort, and learning.
A psychological pattern of doubting one's accomplishments and fearing being exposed as a fraud despite evidence of competence.
A condition where repeated exposure to uncontrollable events leads to belief that one cannot influence outcomes.
The degree to which individuals believe they have control over the outcomes of events in their lives.
Direct personal experiences of successfully performing a task, the most powerful source of self-efficacy.
Setting excessively high standards and being overly critical of oneself for not meeting them, often undermining confidence.
Deliberately directing internal dialogue toward encouraging, realistic, and constructive statements.
The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties, setbacks, and adversity.
The realization of one's full potential, placed at the top of Maslow's hierarchy and dependent on fulfilled esteem needs.
Treating oneself with kindness, recognizing shared humanity, and maintaining mindful awareness during difficult moments.
The belief in one's own abilities, judgment, and capacity to succeed across various situations.
An individual's belief in their capacity to execute behaviors necessary to produce specific performance outcomes.
The overall subjective evaluation of one's own worth and value as a person.
A prediction that causes itself to come true because the belief influences the behavior that produces the expected outcome.
Encouragement and positive feedback from others that can strengthen self-efficacy beliefs.
Learning by observing others perform a task, one of four sources of self-efficacy.