To grant thought causal efficacy is not to invoke a disembodied mental state

We are more heavily invested in the theories of failure than we are in the theories of success.

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.

In social cognitive theory, perceived self-efficacy results from diverse sources of information conveyed vicariously and through social evaluation, as well as through direct experience

Self-appraisals are influenced by evaluative reactions of others.

What people think, believe, and feel affects how they behave. The natural and extrinsic effects of their actions, in turn, partly determine their thought patterns and affective reactions.

The content of most textbooks is perishable, but the tools of self-directedness serve one well over time.