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

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.

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

It is no more informative to speak of self-efficacy in global terms than to speak of nonspecific social behavior

In the self-appraisal of efficacy, there are many sources of information that must be processed and weighed through self-referent thought

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

Stringent standards of self-evaluation [can] make otherwise objective successes seem to be personal failures