The evaluative habits developed in sibling interactions…

In social cognitive theory, perceived self-efficacy results from diverse sources of information conveyed vicariously and through social evaluation, as well as through direct experience

— Albert Bandura

Comparative appraisals of efficacy require not only evaluation of one;s own performances but also knowledge of how others do, cognizance of nonability determinants of…

— Albert Bandura

A problem of future research is to clarify how young children learn what type of social comparative information is most useful for efficacy evaluation

— Albert Bandura

Stringent standards of self-evaluation [can] make otherwise objective successes seem to be personal failures

— Albert Bandura

Believe in self & believe in self ability opens the door of success.Lack in self belief closes the door of self attainment. Success is…

— DrAnil Kr Sinha

To reach on the top one must be willing to utilize his all resources of passion, attitude, determination & confidence to his endeavour.There may…

— DrAnil Kr Sinha

Confidence is something you acquire in yourself by believing in self ability with courage and conviction.

— Anil Sinha

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