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The Men of the Tenth Inc.
THE COME UP
October 2013
October 2013 Have You Ever Heard of A Griot? Griots were entertainers, keepers of history, and commentators on the events of the present.
Self- efficacy evolves throughout one’s lifespan based on various experiences and impacts how one thinks, feels, acts, and becomes motivated. Self-efficacy is influenced by four major sources of information: performance accomplishments, vicarious experience, verbal persuasion, and physiological states. Performance accomplishments are the most influential source of efficacy information as it is gained due to personal mastery experiences.
able to respond appropriately to overcome their failures.
Based on Bandura’s theory, we need more students to rebuild self-efficacy in their environments. Therefore, we challenge you to become a better learner, stronger reader, more outspoken, and willing to make a difference. In addition, Booker T. Washington encouraged us to pull ourselves up by our bootstraps in order to be successful. If we do not According to psychologist, Albert follow his advise and pull Bandura self-efficacy is defined ourselves up, we will continue as “the conviction that one can to look like babies that cannot successfully execute the behavior tie their own shoes. required to produce the outcomes.” Bandura indicates that individuals with high self-efficacy will be
The griots are rightly referred to as the archives and libraries of this part of Africa. Thus the famous proverb, “whenever a griot dies, a library dies.” They were interpreters of current politics, transmitting message and orders from the governing power to the people. As musicians with contacts with other musicians outside the court, they were able to learn the opinion of common people and could convey sentiments of the populace to the ruler.