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.

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

Judgments of adequacy involve social comparison processes

In the self-appraisal of efficacy, there are many sources of information that must be processed and weighed through self-referent thought

The evaluative habits developed in sibling interactions undoubtedly affect the salience and choice of comparative referents in self-ability evaluations in later life

People who believe they have the power to exercise some measure of control over their lives are healthier, more effective and more successful than those who lack faith in their ability to effect changes in their lives.