Humans are producers of their life circumstance not just products of them.

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

People with high assurance in their capabilities approach difficult tasks as challenges to be mastered rather than as threats to be avoided.

People regulate their level and distribution of effort in accordance with the effects they expect their actions to have. As a result, their behavior is better predicted from their beliefs than from the actual consequences of their actions

People judge their capabilities partly by comparing their performances with those of others

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

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