Ironically, it is the talented who have high aspirations, which are possible but exceedingly difficult to realize, who are especially vulnerable to… — Albert Bandura Copy Share Image
The human condition is better improved by altering detrimental circumstances and personal perspectives than by trying to alter personal outlooks, while ignoring… — Albert Bandura Copy Share Image
When experience contradicts firmly held judgments of self-efficacy, people may not change their beliefs about themselves if the conditions of performance are… — Albert Bandura Copy Share Image
After people become convinced they have what it takes to succeed, they persevere in the face of adversity and quickly rebound from… — Albert Bandura Copy Share Image
People who regard themselves as highly efficacious act, think, and feel differently from those who perceive themselves as inefficacious. They produce their… — Albert Bandura Copy Share Image
[Attributional] factors serve as conveyors of efficacy information that influence performance largely through their intervening effects on self-percepts of efficacy — Albert Bandura Copy Share Image
“The demons of animism were usually hostile to man, but it seems as though man had more confidence in himself in those… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
People infer high self-efficacy from successes achieved through minimal effort on difficult tasks, but they infer low self-efficacy if they had to… — Albert Bandura Copy Share Image
Once you develop confidence in your own ability, you'll be able to make a real contribution to creating a better world. Self-confidence… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Accurate processing of information about outcomes is no simple task under the variable conditions of everyday life . . . usually, many… — Albert Bandura Copy Share Image
Agemates provide the most informative points of reference for comparative efficacy appraisal and verification. Children are, therefore, especially sensitive to their relative… — Albert Bandura Copy Share Image
In social cognitive theory, perceived self-efficacy results from diverse sources of information conveyed vicariously and through social evaluation, as well as through… — Albert Bandura Copy Share Image
Success and failure are largely self-defined in terms of personal standards. The higher the self-standards, the more likely will given attainments be… — Albert Bandura Copy Share Image
Dualistic doctrines that regard mind and body as separate entities do not provide much enlightenment on the nature of the disembodied mental… — Albert Bandura Copy Share Image
Except for events that carry great weight, it is not experience per se, but how they match expectations, that governs their emotional… — Albert Bandura Copy Share Image
Moreover, joint occurrences tend to be better recalled than instances when the effect does not occur. The proneness to remember confirming instances,… — Albert Bandura Copy Share Image
People regulate their level and distribution of effort in accordance with the effects they expect their actions to have. As a result,… — Albert Bandura Copy Share Image
Self-appraisals of efficacy are reasonably accurate, but they diverge from action because people do not know fully what they will have to… — Albert Bandura Copy Share Image