Perceived self-efficacy influences the types of causal attributions people make for their performances

People who are insecure about themselves will avoid social comparisons that are potentially threatening to their self-esteem

Indeed there are many competent people who are plagued by a sense of inefficacy, and many less competent ones who remain unperturbed by impending threats because they are self-assured of their coping capabilities

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

Psychology cannot tell people how they ought to live their lives. It can however, provide them with the means for effecting personal and social change.

In social cognitive theory, perceived self-efficacy results from diverse sources of information conveyed vicariously and through social evaluation, as well as through direct experience

Misbeliefs in one's inefficacy may retard development of the very subskills upon which more complex performances depend