Self efficacious children tend to attribute their successes to ability, but ability attributions affect performance indirectly through perceived self-efficacy

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

Self-efficacy is the belief in one's capabilities to organize and execute the sources of action required to manage prospective situations.

Convictions that outcomes are determined by one's own actions can be either demoralizing or heartening, depending on the level of self-judged efficacy. People who regard outcomes as personally determined, but who lack the requisite skills, would experience low self-efficacy and view the activities with a sense of futility

Judgments of adequacy involve social comparison processes

Forceful actions arising from erroneous beliefs often create social effects that confirm the misbeliefs

The presence of many interacting influences, including the attainments of others, create further leeway in how one's performances and outcomes are cognitively appraised