[attributional] Factors Serve As Conveyors Of Efficacy

Discrepancies Between Self-efficacy Judgment And Performance Will Arise When Either The Tasks Or The Circumstances Under Which They Are Performed Are Ambiguous

To The Extent That Children With Similar Characteristics Achieve Comparable Performance Levels, Using The Performances Of Similar Peers Is Likely To Yield More Accurate Self-appraisal Than Using The Accomplishments Of Dissimilar Peers

The Content Of Most Textbooks Is Perishable, But The Tools Of Self-directedness Serve One Well Over Time.

The Adequacy Of Performance Attainments Depends Upon The Personal Standards Against Which They Are Judged

People Who Underestimate Their Capabilities Also Bear Costs, Although, As Already Noted, These Are More Likely To Take Self-limiting Rather Than Aversive Forms. By Failing To Cultivate Personal Potentialities And Constricting Their Activities, Such Persons Cut Themselves Off From Many Rewarding Experiences. Should They Attempt Tasks Having Evaluative Significance, They Create Internal Obstacles To Effective Performance By Approaching Them With Unnerving Self-doubts