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Once Established, Reputations Do Not Easily Change.

This Has Increased With The Tremendous Technological Advances In Communications. We Have A Vast New World Of Images Brought Into Our Sitting Rooms Electronically. Most Of The Images Of Reality On Which We Base Our Actions Are Really Based On Vicarious Experience. This Has Increased With The Tremendous Technological Advances In Communications. We Have A Vast New World Of Images Brought Into Our Sitting-rooms Electronically.

From The Social Cognitive Perspective, It Is Mainly Perceived Inefficacy To Cope With Potentially Aversive Events That Makes Them Fearsome. To The Extent That People Believe They Can Prevent, Terminate, Or Lessen The Severity Of Aversive Events, They Have Little Reason To Be Perturbed By Them. But If They Believe They Are Unable To Manage Threats Safely, They Have Much Cause For Apprehension.

People Infer High Self-efficacy From Successes Achieved Through Minimal Effort On Difficult Tasks, But They Infer Low Self-efficacy If They Had To Work Hard Under Favorable Conditions To Master Relatively Easy Tasks

A Theory That Denies That Thoughts Can Regulate Actions Does Not Lend Itself Readily To The Explanation Of Complex Human Behavior.