As A General Rule, Moderate Levels Of

Perceived Self-efficacy In Coping With Potential Threats Leads People To Approach Such Situations Anxiously, And Experience Of Disruptive Arousal May Further Lower Their Sense Of Efficacy That They Will Be Able To Perform Skillfully

Perceived Self-inefficacy Predicts Avoidance Of Academic Activities Whereas Anxiety Does Not

One Cannot Afford To Be A Realist.

Self-belief Does Not Necessarily Ensure Success, But Self-disbelief Assuredly Spawns Failure.

Moreover, Joint Occurrences Tend To Be Better Recalled Than Instances When The Effect Does Not Occur. The Proneness To Remember Confirming Instances, But To Overlook Disconfirming Ones, Further Serves To Convert, In Thought, Coincidences Into Causalities.