Perceived self-efficacy also shapes causal thinking. In seeking solutions to difficult problems, those who perceived themselves as highly efficacious are inclined to attribute their failures to insufficient effort, whereas those of comparable skills but lower perceived self-efficacy ascribe their failures to deficient ability

People who regard themselves as highly efficacious act, think, and feel differently from those who perceive themselves as inefficacious. They produce their own future, rather than simply foretell it.

Self-doubt creates the impetus for learning but hinders adept use of previously established skills

Most of the images of reality on which we base our actions are really based on vicarious experience.

Such knowledge is probably gained in several ways. One process undoubtedly operates through social comparison of success and failure experiences. Children repeatedly observe their own behavior and the attainments of others

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

Misbeliefs in one's inefficacy may retard development of the very subskills upon which more complex performances depend