People Infer High Self-efficacy From Successes Achieved

Such Self-referent Misgivings Creates Stress And Undermine Effective Use Of The Competencies People Possess By Diverting Attention From How Best To Proceed To Concern Over Personal Failings And Possible Mishaps

People Behave Agentically, But They Produce Theories That Afford People Very Little Agency.

Perceived Self-efficacy Influences The Types Of Causal Attributions People Make For Their Performances

[children] Receive Direct Instruction From Time To Time About The Appropriateness Of Various Social Comparisons

People Are Much More Likely To Act On Their Self-percepts Of Efficacy Inferred From Many Sources Of Information Rather Than Rely Primarily On Visceral Cues. This Is Not Surprising Because Self Knowledge Based On Information About One's Coping Skills, Past Accomplishments, And Social Comparison Is Considerably More Indicative Of Capability Than The Indefinite Stirrings Of The Viscera