Most of the images of reality on which we base our actions are really based on vicarious experience.

Expected outcomes contribute to motivation independently of self-efficacy beliefs when outcomes are not completely controlled by quality of performance. This occurs when extraneous factors also affect outcomes, or outcomes are socially tied to a minimum level of performance so that some variations in quality of performance above and below the standard do not produce differential outcomes

Discrepancies between self-efficacy judgment and performance will arise when either the tasks or the circumstances under which they are performed are ambiguous

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

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

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.

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