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

We are more heavily invested in the theories of failure than we are in the theories of success.

Measures of self-precept must be tailored to the domain of psychological functioning being explored.

Gaining insight into one's underlying motives, it seems, is more like a belief conversion than a self-discovery process

Expected 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

Persons who have a strong sense of efficacy deploy their attention and effort to the demands of the situation and are spurred by obstacles to greater effort.

The adequacy of performance attainments depends upon the personal standards against which they are judged