Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: DANIELLA BEZERRA DOS SANTOS

Uma banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO de DOUTORADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : DANIELLA BEZERRA DOS SANTOS
DATE: 14/10/2021
TIME: 08:30
LOCAL: Será realizada através de videoconferência
TITLE:

SELF-EFFICACY AND PERCEIVED MARKET VALUE: AN EVOLUTIONARY ASSESSMENT

KEY WORDS:

Self-efficacy, mate value, romantic partner, self-perception, college

PAGES: 107
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Psicologia
SUMMARY:

Self-perceptions have a major role in humans’ lives, being influenced by previous experiences and the context in which the person is inserted in, as well as influencing future outcomes in several areas of one’s life. Among the self-perceptions, there are two specific ones that have a considerable relevance when it comes to human motivations, both in our evolutionary history and our modern lives, Self-efficacy and Perceived Mate Value. Self-efficacy is related to the abilities someone has to achieve success, which can be related to survival skills, resources acquisition, forming the sense of competence an individual has about himself/herself on a diverse set of contexts. Whereas Perceived Mate Value is a self-evaluation that allows people’s adjustment to the options available on the mating market, increasing their chances of reproductive success. On this perspective, although several studies have demonstrated the potential use of Self-efficacy on the investigation of several different behaviors and contexts of human life, its participation on the Perceived Mate Value development, as well as its implications on the demand levels towards romantic partners, are still non-existent on the literature. Due to this reality, our main goal is to investigate the relationship between Self-efficacy levels and Self-perceived Mate Value, besides bringing an approach on how Self-efficacy presents itself on a population in which there is a constant demand for competence and adjustment: college students. Therefore, the present work offers information on the motivation for competence (represented by Self-efficacy), its evolutionary basis and how it is presented on the context of college demands (Chapter 1); empirical research on the relation between Self-efficacy levels, Perceived Mate Value and the characteristics desired on an idealized romantic partner (Chapter 2); in addition to an empirical study on the potential association between someone’s Self-efficacy levels and how he/she evaluates his/hers partner attractiveness and the attractiveness of an idealized partner (Chapter 3).

BANKING MEMBERS:
Presidente - 1350337 - FIVIA DE ARAUJO LOPES
Externa ao Programa - 1321136 - IZABEL AUGUSTA HAZIN PIRES
Externo à Instituição - MAURO DIAS SILVA JÚNIOR - UnB