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

Self-efficacy is the belief in one's capabilities to organize and execute the sources of action required to manage prospective situations.

Once established, reputations do not easily change.

[Attributional] factors serve as conveyors of efficacy information that influence performance largely through their intervening effects on self-percepts of efficacy

Behavior must also be adequately assessed under appropriate circumstances. Ill-defined global measures of perceived self-efficacy or defective assessments of performance will yield discordances. Disparities will also arise when efficacy is judged for performances in actual situations but performance is measured in simulated situations that are easier to deal with than the actualities

There are countless studies on the negative spillover of job pressures on family life, but few on how job satisfaction enhances the quality of family life.

As a general rule, moderate levels of arousal facilitate deployment of skills, whereas high arousal disrupts it. This is especially true of complex activities requiring intricate organization of behavior