It is widely assumed that beliefs in personal determination of outcomes create a sense of efficacy and power, whereas beliefs that outcomes occur regardless of what one does result in apathy

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

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

Expected outcomes contribute to motivation independently of self-efficacy beliefs when outcomes are not completely controlled by quality of performance. This occurs when extraneous factors also affect outcomes, or outcomes are socially tied to a minimum level of performance so that some variations in quality of performance above and below the standard do not produce differential outcomes

The effects of outcome expectancies on performance motivation are partly governed by self-beliefs of efficacy

The content of most textbooks is perishable, but the tools of self-directedness serve one well over time.

Very often we developed a better grasp of the subjects than the over worked teachers.