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

Perceived self-efficacy influences the types of causal attributions people make for their performances

Behavior must also be adequately assessed under appropriate circumstances. Ill-defined global measures of perceived self-efficacy or defective assessments of performance will yield discordances. Disparities will also arise when efficacy is judged for performances in actual situations but performance is measured in simulated situations that are easier to deal with than the actualities

In order to succeed, people need a sense of self-efficacy, to struggle together with resilience to meet the inevitable obstacles and inequities of life.

If there is any characteristic that is distinctly human, it is the capability for reflective self-consciousness.

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

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