Judgments of adequacy involve social comparison processes

Agemates provide the most informative points of reference for comparative efficacy appraisal and verification. Children are, therefore, especially sensitive to their relative standing among the peers with whom they affiliate in activities that determine prestige and popularity

People not only gain understanding through reflection, they evaluate and alter their own thinking.

People who hold a low view of themselves [will credit] their achievements to external factors, rather than to their own capabilities.

Accomplishment is socially judged by ill defined criteria so that one has to rely on others to find out how one is doing.

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

The performances of others are often selected as standards for self-improvement of abilities