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Moral Justification Is A Powerful Disengagement Mechanism. Destructive Conduct Is Made Personally And Socially Acceptable By Portraying It In The Service Of Moral Ends. This Is Why Most Appeals Against Violent Means Usually Fall On Deaf Ears.

When People Are Not Aiming For Anything In Particular Or When They Cannot Monitor Their Performance, There Is Little Basis For Translating Perceived Efficacy Into Appropriate Magnitudes Of Effort

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

Convictions That Outcomes Are Determined By One's Own Actions Can Be Either Demoralizing Or Heartening, Depending On The Level Of Self-judged Efficacy. People Who Regard Outcomes As Personally Determined, But Who Lack The Requisite Skills, Would Experience Low Self-efficacy And View The Activities With A Sense Of Futility

People Not Only Gain Understanding Through Reflection, They Evaluate And Alter Their Own Thinking.