Kanjun Qiu
A mathematical model of agency and self-efficacy

A mathematical model of agency and self-efficacy

I was feeling dissatisfied with existing definitions of agency and self-efficacy in the psychology literature (from Albert Bandura), so I tried, as a joke, to make a mathematical model of these two ideas. This model has more truth to it than I expected!

Related: Self-efficacy is your belief in your agency, Agency is predicting that your actions will pay off