Appraisal Quote by Albert Bandura

[Attributional] factors serve as conveyors of efficacy information that influence performance largely through their intervening effects on self-percepts of efficacy

— Albert Bandura

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

Perceived self-efficacy and beliefs about the locus of outcome causality must be distinguished

— Albert Bandura

Perceived self-efficacy influences the types of causal attributions people make for their performances

— 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

Self-efficacy beliefs differ from outcome expectations, judgments of the likely consequence [that] behavior will produce.

— Albert Bandura

How children learn to use diverse sources of efficacy information in developing a stable and accurate sense of personal efficacy is a matter of…

— Albert Bandura

It is no more informative to speak of self-efficacy in global terms than to speak of nonspecific social behavior

— Albert Bandura

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…

— Albert Bandura

Perceived self-efficacy also shapes causal thinking. In seeking solutions to difficult problems, those who perceived themselves as highly efficacious are inclined to attribute their…

— Albert Bandura

When experience contradicts firmly held judgments of self-efficacy, people may not change their beliefs about themselves if the conditions of performance are such as…

— Albert Bandura

To really boost your sense of self-efficacy, think of ways you could modify your usual tasks to suit your personal style.

— Martha Beck