Axiomempiricalv1
Self-efficacy beliefs are formed primarily through mastery
Self-efficacy beliefs are formed primarily through mastery experiences—direct history of succeeding or failing at specific behaviors.
Why This Is an Axiom
This is an empirical claim grounded in Bandura's research. It describes a falsifiable mechanism about how self-efficacy develops. This is bedrock—other claims about building capacity through practice rest on this mechanism, but this mechanism itself is not derived from other curriculum axioms.
Source Lessons
L-0737
The cost of always yielding to pressure
Consistently caving to pressure erodes self-trust and eventually self-respect.
L-0609
Reclaim authority incrementally
You do not reclaim cognitive authority in one dramatic act. You reclaim it one domain at a time, one belief at a time, building the muscle of independent judgment gradually.
L-0617
Self-authority requires self-trust
You cannot exercise authority over your thinking if you do not trust your own cognitive processes. Self-trust is the emotional foundation of self-authority.