Most of the images of reality on which we base our actions are really based on vicarious experience. Albert Bandura More Quotes by Albert Bandura More Quotes From Albert Bandura After people become convinced they have what it takes to succeed, they persevere in the face of adversity and quickly rebound from setbacks. By sticking it out through tough times, they emerge stronger from adversity. Albert Bandura tough-times adversity people Because of such conjointedness, behavior that exerts no effect whatsoever on outcomes is developed and consistently performed Albert Bandura self-efficacy outcomes behavior Stringent standards of self-evaluation [can] make otherwise objective successes seem to be personal failures Albert Bandura evaluation standards self To grant thought causal efficacy is not to invoke a disembodied mental state Albert Bandura efficacy grants states As a general rule, moderate levels of arousal facilitate deployment of skills, whereas high arousal disrupts it. This is especially true of complex activities requiring intricate organization of behavior Albert Bandura deployment skills organization From the social cognitive perspective, it is mainly perceived inefficacy to cope with potentially aversive events that makes them fearsome. To the extent that people believe they can prevent, terminate, or lessen the severity of aversive events, they have little reason to be perturbed by them. But if they believe they are unable to manage threats safely, they have much cause for apprehension. Albert Bandura perspective believe people Self efficacious children tend to attribute their successes to ability, but ability attributions affect performance indirectly through perceived self-efficacy Albert Bandura attributes self children Given a sufficient level of perceived self-efficacy to take on threatening tasks, phobics perform them with varying amounts of fear arousal depending on the strength of their perceived self-efficacy Albert Bandura arousal tasks self 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 regard outcomes as personally determined, but who lack the requisite skills, would experience low self-efficacy and view the activities with a sense of futility Albert Bandura skills self views Fortunately, most human behavior is learned observationally through modeling from others. Albert Bandura most human-behavior modeling behavior Given appropriate social conditions, decent, ordinary people can be led to do extraordinarily cruel things. Albert Bandura cruel things social people People's beliefs about their abilities have a profound effect on those abilities. Ability is not a fixed property; there is huge variablitiy in how you perform. Albert Bandura how you ability people People who have a sense of self-efficacy bounce back from failure; they approach things in terms of how to handle them rather than worrying about what can go wrong. Albert Bandura back go failure people Some of the most important determinants of life paths arise through the most trivial of circumstances. Albert Bandura some important circumstances life As we develop the moral aspect of our lives, we often adapt standards of right and wrong that serve as guides and deterrents for our conduct. Albert Bandura right-and-wrong wrong right moral The higher the level of people's perceived self-efficacy, the wider the range of career options they seriously consider, the greater their interest in them, and the better they prepare themselves educationally for the occupational pursuits they choose. Albert Bandura choose career better people In the past, modeling influences were largely confined to the styles of behavior and social practices in one's immediate community. The advent of television vastly expanded the range of models to which members of society are exposed day in and day out. Albert Bandura day society community past Perpetrators absolve their harmful behavior as serving worthy causes. Albert Bandura serving worthy causes behavior In the final forms of moral disengagement, wrongdoers treat adversaries as subhuman animalistic, demonic beings. Expunging any sense of shared humanity eliminates moral restraints. Albert Bandura sense treat moral humanity I have often been struck by the fact that most parents who are experiencing positive and rewarding relationships with their pre-adolescent children are, nevertheless, waiting apprehensively and bracing themselves for the stormy adolescent period. Albert Bandura parents waiting positive children
