Perceived self-efficacy and beliefs about the locus of outcome causality must be distinguished
Albert Bandura[Children] receive direct instruction from time to time about the appropriateness of various social comparisons
Albert BanduraWhen actions are followed by events that are not causally related to the prior acts, people often erroneously perceive contingencies that do not, in fact, exist
Albert BanduraSelf-percepts foster actions that generate information, as well as serve as a filtering mechanism for self-referent information in the self-maintaining process
Albert Bandura