Will People Behave In A Particular Situation Is Largely Based On People's Expectancies?

1. How will people behave in a particular situation is largely based on people’s expectancies, as proposed by Walter Mischel. According to Mischel, there are three types of expectancies, the behavior-outcome expectancy, the stimulus-outcome expectancy, and the self-efficacy expectancy. Behavior-outcome expectancy is people’s expectation on what will happen if they behave in a certain way. People will adjust their behavior based on their expectancies. For example, if one think that dress up nicely to lectures will increase his chances of making more friends, he will definitely dress up for every lectures he goes to. But if he think dressing up will make him looks pretentious and standing out in the crowd, he might try to avoid that and simply put on a T-shirt for classes. Therefore people behave based on what they expect the outcome of their behavior would be.

This is largely influenced by their previous experience. People will behave accordingly as the situation changes. For example a person will develop a time system in which he knows the office will be closed at 5 pm. This is what he learned from working there every day and it’s unlikely to change because of his own action. This person will not, therefore, go to work at night because he knows the office will not be open. The last expectancy is self-efficacy expectancy. This one states we will behave according to our expectation on whether we will have ability to carry out a certain action. So say if a person knows that he is feared of heights, he will not be joining any sky dive club because he knows he will not be able to accomplish the