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.
Albert BanduraThe performances of others are often selected as standards for self-improvement of abilities
Albert BanduraSelf-efficacy is the belief in one's capabilities to organize and execute the sources of action required to manage prospective situations.
Albert BanduraReasonably accurate appraisal of one's own capabilities is, therefore, of considerable value in successful functioning. Large misjudgments of personal efficacy in either direction have consequences. People who grossly overestimate their capabilities undertake activities that are clearly beyond their reach. As a result, they get themselves into considerable difficulties, undermine their credibility, and suffer needless failures. Some of the missteps, of course, can produce serious, irreparable harm
Albert Bandura