The satisfactions people derive from what they do are determined to a large degree by their self-evaluative standards

Regression analyses show that self-efficacy contributes to achievement behavior beyond the effects of cognitive skills

Social cognitive theory rejects the dichotomous conception of self as agent and self as object. Acting on the environment and acting on oneself entail shifting the perspective of the same agent rather than reifying different selves regulating each other or transforming the self from agent to object

Self-appraisals are influenced by evaluative reactions of others.

People with high assurance in their capabilities approach difficult tasks as challenges to be mastered rather than as threats to be avoided.

Measures of self-precept must be tailored to the domain of psychological functioning being explored.

Given a sufficient level of perceived self-efficacy to take on threatening tasks, phobics perform them with varying amounts of fear arousal depending on the strength of their perceived self-efficacy