Comparative appraisals of efficacy require not only evaluation of one;s own performances but also knowledge of how others do, cognizance of nonability determinants of their performances, and some understanding that it is others, like oneself, who provide the most informative social criterion for comparison

People’s beliefs about their abilities have a profound effect on those abilities.

People who hold a low view of themselves [will credit] their achievements to external factors, rather than to their own capabilities.

Freedom [should not be] conceived negatively as exemption from social influences or situational constraints. Rather...positively as the exercise of self-influence to bring about desired results.

Judgments of adequacy involve social comparison processes

Perceived self-inefficacy predicts avoidance of academic activities whereas anxiety does not

In order to succeed, people need a sense of self-efficacy, to struggle together with resilience to meet the inevitable obstacles and inequities of life.