Misbeliefs in one's inefficacy may retard development of the very subskills upon which more complex performances depend
Albert BanduraVery often we developed a better grasp of the subjects than the over worked teachers.
Albert BanduraPeople who are burdened by acute misgivings about their coping capabilities suffer much distress and expend much effort in defensive action... they cannot get themselves to do things they find subjectively threatening even though they are objectively safe. They may even shun easily manageable activities because they see them as leading to more threatening events over which they will be unable to exercise adequate control.
Albert BanduraPeople 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
Albert Bandura