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

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

[Children] receive direct instruction from time to time about the appropriateness of various social comparisons

Moreover, joint occurrences tend to be better recalled than instances when the effect does not occur. The proneness to remember confirming instances, but to overlook disconfirming ones, further serves to convert, in thought, coincidences into causalities.

Very often we developed a better grasp of the subjects than the over worked teachers.

Self-percepts foster actions that generate information, as well as serve as a filtering mechanism for self-referent information in the self-maintaining process

People who believe they have the power to exercise some measure of control over their lives are healthier, more effective and more successful than those who lack faith in their ability to effect changes in their lives.