Self-efficacy is the belief in one's capabilities to organize and execute the sources of action required to manage prospective situations.
Albert BanduraWhen 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 BanduraSelf efficacious children tend to attribute their successes to ability, but ability attributions affect performance indirectly through perceived self-efficacy
Albert BanduraThe content of most textbooks is perishable, but the tools of self-directedness serve one well over time.
Albert BanduraExpected 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
Albert Bandura