If self-efficacy is lacking, people tend to behave ineffectually, even though they know what to do.

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

One cannot afford to be a realist.

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

Perceived self-efficacy influences the types of causal attributions people make for their performances

Perceived self-efficacy and beliefs about the locus of outcome causality must be distinguished

Coping with the demands of everyday life would be exceedingly trying if one could arrive at solutions to problems only by actually performing possible options and suffering the consequences.