Albert Bandura Efficacy Quotations

To grant thought causal efficacy is not to invoke a disembodied mental state

Because of such conjointedness, behavior that exerts no effect whatsoever on outcomes is developed and consistently performed

The presence of many interacting influences, including the attainments of others, create further leeway in how one's performances and outcomes are cognitively appraised

The adequacy of performance attainments depends upon the personal standards against which they are judged

Self-appraisals are influenced by evaluative reactions of others

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

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

Even the self-assured will raise their perceived self-efficacy if models teach them better ways of doing things.

Misbeliefs in one's inefficacy may retard development of the very subskills upon which more complex performances depend

In the self-appraisal of efficacy, there are many sources of information that must be processed and weighed through self-referent thought