People who underestimate their capabilities also bear costs, although, as already noted, these are more likely to take self-limiting rather than aversive forms. By failing to cultivate personal potentialities and constricting their activities, such persons cut themselves off from many rewarding experiences. Should they attempt tasks having evaluative significance, they create internal obstacles to effective performance by approaching them with unnerving self-doubts
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 BanduraPerceived self-efficacy influences the types of causal attributions people make for their performances
Albert BanduraIf there is any characteristic that is distinctly human, it is the capability for reflective self-consciousness.
Albert Bandura