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• Accomplishment is socially judged by ill defined criteria so that one has to rely on others to find out how one is doing.

  Albert Bandura

  Accomplishment, Criteria, Ill

  Albert Bandura (1986). “Social foundations of thought and action: a social cognitive theory”, Prentice Hall

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• Among the types of thoughts that affect action, none is more central or pervasive than people's judgments of their capabilities to deal effectively with different realities

  Albert Bandura

  Reality, People, Different

  Albert Bandura (1986). “Social foundations of thought and action: a social cognitive theory”, Prentice Hall

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• The performances of others are often selected as standards for self-improvement of abilities

  Albert Bandura

  Self, Improvement, Standards

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• Many people who gain recognition and fame shape their lives by overcoming seemingly insurmountable obstacles, only to be catapulted into new social realities over which they have less control and manage badly. Indeed, the annals of the famous and infamous are strewn with individuals who were both architects and victims of their life courses.

  Albert Bandura

  Reality, People, Overcoming

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• Moral justification is a powerful disengagement mechanism. Destructive conduct is made personally and socially acceptable by portraying it in the service of moral ends. This is why most appeals against violent means usually fall on deaf ears.

  Albert Bandura

  Powerful, Fall, Mean

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• Gaining insight into one's underlying motives, it seems, is more like a belief conversion than a self-discovery process

  Albert Bandura

  Discovery, Self, Belief

  Albert Bandura (1986). “Social foundations of thought and action: a social cognitive theory”, Prentice Hall

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• Dualistic doctrines that regard mind and body as separate entities do not provide much enlightenment on the nature of the disembodied mental state or on how an immaterial mind and bodily events act on each other

  Albert Bandura

  Mind, Enlightenment, Events

  Albert Bandura (1986). “Social foundations of thought and action: a social cognitive theory”, Prentice Hall

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• Reasonably accurate appraisal of one's own capabilities is, therefore, of considerable value in successful functioning. Large misjudgments of personal efficacy in either direction have consequences. People who grossly overestimate their capabilities undertake activities that are clearly beyond their reach. As a result, they get themselves into considerable difficulties, undermine their credibility, and suffer needless failures. Some of the missteps, of course, can produce serious, irreparable harm

  Albert Bandura

  Successful, Irreparable Harm, People

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• People regulate their level and distribution of effort in accordance with the effects they expect their actions to have. As a result, their behavior is better predicted from their beliefs than from the actual consequences of their actions

  Albert Bandura

  People, Effort, Levels

  Albert Bandura (1986). “Social foundations of thought and action: a social cognitive theory”, Prentice Hall

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

  Albert Bandura

  Development, May, Self Efficacy

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• People who regard themselves as highly efficacious act, think, and feel differently from those who perceive themselves as inefficacious. They produce their own future, rather than simply foretell it.

  Albert Bandura

  Inspirational, Thinking, People

  Albert Bandura (1986). “Social foundations of thought and action: a social cognitive theory”, Prentice Hall

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• Perceived self-inefficacy predicts avoidance of academic activities whereas anxiety does not

  Albert Bandura

  Self, Anxiety, Doe

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• The human condition is better improved by altering detrimental circumstances and personal perspectives than by trying to alter personal outlooks, while ignoring the very circumstances that serve to nourish them

  Albert Bandura

  Perspective, Trying, Outlook

  Albert Bandura (1986). “Social foundations of thought and action: a social cognitive theory”, Prentice Hall

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• Success and failure are largely self-defined in terms of personal standards. The higher the self-standards, the more likely will given attainments be viewed as failures, regardless of what others might think.

  Albert Bandura

  Thinking, Self, Might

  "Social Foundations of Thought and Action: A Social-Cognitive Theory". Book by Albert Bandura, www.uky.edu. 1986.

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• Persons who have a strong sense of efficacy deploy their attention and effort to the demands of the situation and are spurred by obstacles to greater effort.

  Albert Bandura

  Strong, Effort, Attention

  "Self-efficacy Mechanism in Human Agency". American Psychologist, Volume 37, No. 2, February 1982.

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• Freedom [should not be] conceived negatively as exemption from social influences or situational constraints. Rather...positively as the exercise of self-influence to bring about desired results.

  Albert Bandura

  Exercise, Self, Influence

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• People who are insecure about themselves will avoid social comparisons that are potentially threatening to their self-esteem

  Albert Bandura

  Self Esteem, Insecure, People

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• The satisfactions people derive from what they do are determined to a large degree by their self-evaluative standards

  Albert Bandura

  Self, People, Degrees

  "Social Foundations of Thought and Action: A Social-Cognitive Theory". Book by Albert Bandura, www.uky.edu. 1986.

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• The effects of outcome expectancies on performance motivation are partly governed by self-beliefs of efficacy

  Albert Bandura

  Motivation, Self, Outcomes

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• One cannot afford to be a realist.

  Albert Bandura

  Realist, Self Efficacy

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• Self-doubt creates the impetus for learning but hinders adept use of previously established skills

  Albert Bandura

  Self, Skills, Doubt

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• A theory that denies that thoughts can regulate actions does not lend itself readily to the explanation of complex human behavior.

  Albert Bandura

  Doe, Action, Behavior

  Albert Bandura (1986). “Social foundations of thought and action: a social cognitive theory”, Prentice Hall

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• People behave agentically, but they produce theories that afford people very little agency.

  Albert Bandura

  Agency, People, Littles

  American Psychological Association Address, www.uky.edu. 1998.

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• If there is any characteristic that is distinctly human, it is the capability for reflective self-consciousness.

  Albert Bandura

  Philosophy, Educational, Self

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

  Albert Bandura

  Self, Way, Efficacy

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