Albert Bandura Professions : Psychologist Born : December 4, 1925 Browse All Authors Top 124 quotes by Albert Bandura Ironically, it is the talented who have high aspirations, which are possible but exceedingly difficult to realize, who are especially vulnerable to self-dissatisfaction despite notable achievements. Albert Bandura notable achievement self When people are not aiming for anything in particular or when they cannot monitor their performance, there is little basis for translating perceived efficacy into appropriate magnitudes of effort Albert Bandura effort littles people People judge their capabilities partly by comparing their performances with those of others Albert Bandura compare judging people 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 effort strong attention Accurate processing of information about outcomes is no simple task under the variable conditions of everyday life . . . usually, many factors enter into determining what effects, if any, given actions will have, Actions, therefore, produce outcomes probabilistically rather than certainly. Depending on the particular conjunction of factors, the same course of action may produce given outcomes regularly, occasionally, or only infrequently Albert Bandura everyday simple may Dysfunctions can occur in each of the self-regulatory subfunctions-in how personal experiences are self-monitored and cognitively processed, in the evaluative self-standards that are adopted, and in the evaluative self-reactions to one's own behavior.. Problems at any one of these points can create self-dissatisfactions and dejection. dysfunctions in all aspects of the self system are most apt to produce the most chronic self-disparagement and despondency Albert Bandura dysfunction problem self If self-efficacy is lacking, people tend to behave ineffectually, even though they know what to do. Albert Bandura efficacy self people 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 failures to insufficient effort, whereas those of comparable skills but lower perceived self-efficacy ascribe their failures to deficient ability Albert Bandura skills self thinking 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 influence self exercise Through their capacity to manipulate symbols and to engage in reflective thought, people can generate novel ideas and innovative actions that transcend their past experiences Albert Bandura people past ideas If you look at our theories of social pathology and then at the dismal conditions in which children grow up in our ghettos, you would predict that all of them would be on drugs or psychological basket cases. Yet if you use criteria like gainful employment, forming partnerships and life without crime, you will find that most of those kids make it. Albert Bandura growing-up kids children A theory that denies that thoughts can regulate actions does not lend itself readily to the explanation of complex human behavior. Albert Bandura behavior action doe Coping with the demands of everyday life would be exceedingly trying if one could arrive at solutions to problems only by actually performing possible options and suffering the consequences. Albert Bandura everyday suffering trying The difficulty in judging what type of behavior works well arises not only because a given course of action does not always produce the outcomes. Similar outcomes can occur for reasons other than the person's actions, which further complicates inferential judgment. Effects that arise independently of one's actions distort the influence of similar effects produced by the actions, but only on some occasions. Given a strong cognitive set to perceive regularities, even chance joint occurrences of events can be easily misjudged as genuine relationships of low contingent probability Albert Bandura outcomes strong judging This has increased with the tremendous technological advances in communications. We have a vast new world of images brought into our sitting rooms electronically. Most of the images of reality on which we base our actions are really based on vicarious experience. This has increased with the tremendous technological advances in communications. We have a vast new world of images brought into our sitting-rooms electronically. Albert Bandura communication sitting reality One cannot afford to be a realist. Albert Bandura self-efficacy realist Even the self-assured will raise their perceived self-efficacy if models teach them better ways of doing things. Albert Bandura efficacy self way We are more heavily invested in the theories of failure than we are in the theories of success. Albert Bandura theory When actions are followed by events that are not causally related to the prior acts, people often erroneously perceive contingencies that do not, in fact, exist Albert Bandura events facts people A problem of future research is to clarify how young children learn what type of social comparative information is most useful for efficacy evaluation Albert Bandura evaluation information children Similar Authors Bruno Bettelheim psychologist Boris Sidis psychologist Anthony Greenwald psychologist Arnold Gesell psychologist Arno Gruen psychologist Anna Freud psychologist All Authors
