Behavior Quote by Albert Bandura

In any given instance, behavior can be predicted best by considering both self-efficacy and outcome beliefs . . . different patterns of self-efficacy and…

— Albert Bandura

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

— 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

“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

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

— Albert Bandura

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

— 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

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

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

— Albert Bandura

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

— Albert Bandura

Convictions that outcomes are determined by one's own actions can be either demoralizing or heartening, depending on the level of self-judged efficacy. People who…

— 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