Forceful actions arising from erroneous beliefs often…

The "Be good" concept also comes up when we design our products. We want them to have positive social effects.

— Larry Page

Naturally, things are more complicated - those groovy, pro-social effects of oxytocin apply to how we interact with in-group members.

— Robert M. Sapolsky

“people often make correct predictions on the basis of erroneous beliefs and defective prediction strategies.”

— Lee Ross

“With respect to the formation of erroneous beliefs, the implications of people’s difficulties in detecting covariation should be clear. By placing too much emphasis…

— Thomas Gilovich

“But where is it written in the Gospel that we are instructed to hate anyone, however erroneous their beliefs might be?”

— Marie de France

The persistence of erroneous beliefs exacerbates the widespread anachronistic failure to recognize the urgent problems that face humanity on this planet.

— Murray Gell-Mann

Perceived self-inefficacy predicts avoidance of academic activities whereas anxiety does not

— Albert Bandura

Behavior must also be adequately assessed under appropriate circumstances. Ill-defined global measures of perceived self-efficacy or defective assessments of performance will yield discordances. Disparities…

— Albert Bandura

People who regard themselves as highly efficacious act, think, and feel differently from those who perceive themselves as inefficacious. They produce their own future,…

— Albert Bandura

[Children] receive direct instruction from time to time about the appropriateness of various social comparisons

— Albert Bandura

Reasonably accurate appraisal of one's own capabilities is, therefore, of considerable value in successful functioning. Large misjudgments of personal efficacy in either direction have…

— Albert Bandura

People who have a sense of self-efficacy bounce back from failure; they approach things in terms of how to handle them rather than worrying…

— Albert Bandura

Agemates provide the most informative points of reference for comparative efficacy appraisal and verification. Children are, therefore, especially sensitive to their relative standing among…

— Albert Bandura

Self-efficacy is the belief in one's capabilities to organize and execute the sources of action required to manage prospective situations.

— Albert Bandura

Persons who have a strong sense of efficacy deploy their attention and effort to the demands of the situation and are spurred by obstacles…

— Albert Bandura