Conditions Quote by 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

Incongruities between self-efficacy and action may stem from misperceptions of task demands, as well as from faulty self-knowledge

— Albert Bandura

We find that people's beliefs about their efficacy affect the sorts of choices they make in very significant ways. In particular, it affects their…

— Albert Bandura

Self-appraisals of efficacy are reasonably accurate, but they diverge from action because people do not know fully what they will have to do, lack…

— Albert Bandura

When people are not aiming for anything in particular or when they cannot monitor their performance, there is little basis for translating perceived efficacy…

— Albert Bandura

“Albert Bandura, a Stanford psychologist who has done much of the research on self-efficacy, sums it up well: “People’s beliefs about their abilities have…

— Daniel Goleman

If self-efficacy is lacking, people tend to behave ineffectually, even though they know what to do.

— Albert Bandura

Even noteworthy performance attainments do not necessarily boost perceived self-efficacy

— Albert Bandura

Discrepancies between self-efficacy judgment and performance will arise when either the tasks or the circumstances under which they are performed are ambiguous

— Albert Bandura

Expected outcomes contribute to motivation independently of self-efficacy beliefs when outcomes are not completely controlled by quality of performance. This occurs when extraneous factors…

— Albert Bandura

Regression analyses show that self-efficacy contributes to achievement behavior beyond the effects of cognitive skills

— Albert Bandura

Self efficacious children tend to attribute their successes to ability, but ability attributions affect performance indirectly through perceived self-efficacy

— Albert Bandura