Incongruities between self-efficacy and action may stem from misperceptions of task demands, as well as from faulty self-knowledge

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

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

Self efficacious children tend to attribute their successes to ability, but ability attributions affect performance indirectly through perceived self-efficacy

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

If there is any characteristic that is distinctly human, it is the capability for reflective self-consciousness.

People infer high self-efficacy from successes achieved through minimal effort on difficult tasks, but they infer low self-efficacy if they had to work hard under favorable conditions to master relatively easy tasks