Stringent standards of self-evaluation [can] make otherwise objective successes seem to be personal failures Albert Bandura More Quotes by Albert Bandura More Quotes From Albert Bandura 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 outlook perspective trying 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 overcoming reality people How children learn to use diverse sources of efficacy information in developing a stable and accurate sense of personal efficacy is a matter of considerable interest Albert Bandura information matter children 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 people thinking The performances of others are often selected as standards for self-improvement of abilities Albert Bandura standards improvement self Gaining insight into one's underlying motives, it seems, is more like a belief conversion than a self-discovery process Albert Bandura belief self discovery There are countless studies on the negative spillover of job pressures on family life, but few on how job satisfaction enhances the quality of family life. Albert Bandura quality jobs negative The effects of outcome expectancies on performance motivation are partly governed by self-beliefs of efficacy Albert Bandura outcomes motivation self The adequacy of performance attainments depends upon the personal standards against which they are judged Albert Bandura self-efficacy adequacy standards Even noteworthy performance attainments do not necessarily boost perceived self-efficacy Albert Bandura efficacy boost self People are much more likely to act on their self-percepts of efficacy inferred from many sources of information rather than rely primarily on visceral cues. This is not surprising because self knowledge based on information about one's coping skills, past accomplishments, and social comparison is considerably more indicative of capability than the indefinite stirrings of the viscera Albert Bandura skills self past 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 to lead them to discount the import of the experience Albert Bandura self may people 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 mean fall Judgments of adequacy involve social comparison processes Albert Bandura adequacy judgment social 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 criteria accomplishment ill The evaluative habits developed in sibling interactions undoubtedly affect the salience and choice of comparative referents in self-ability evaluations in later life Albert Bandura sibling choices self Self-appraisals are influenced by evaluative reactions of others. Albert Bandura self-efficacy reactions self It is widely assumed that beliefs in personal determination of outcomes create a sense of efficacy and power, whereas beliefs that outcomes occur regardless of what one does result in apathy Albert Bandura apathy determination doe Regression analyses show that self-efficacy contributes to achievement behavior beyond the effects of cognitive skills Albert Bandura achievement skills self Social cognitive theory rejects the dichotomous conception of self as agent and self as object. Acting on the environment and acting on oneself entail shifting the perspective of the same agent rather than reifying different selves regulating each other or transforming the self from agent to object Albert Bandura perspective acting self
