Accurate processing of information about outcomes is no simple task under the variable conditions of everyday life . . . usually, many factors enter into determining what effects, if any, given actions will have, Actions, therefore, produce outcomes probabilistically rather than certainly. Depending on the particular conjunction of factors, the same course of action may produce given outcomes regularly, occasionally, or only infrequently
Albert BanduraAmong the types of thoughts that affect action, none is more central or pervasive than people's judgments of their capabilities to deal effectively with different realities
Albert BanduraBecause of such conjointedness, behavior that exerts no effect whatsoever on outcomes is developed and consistently performed
Albert BanduraIn the self-appraisal of efficacy, there are many sources of information that must be processed and weighed through self-referent thought
Albert Bandura