People not only gain understanding through reflection, they evaluate and alter their own thinking.

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 efficacious children tend to attribute their successes to ability, but ability attributions affect performance indirectly through perceived self-efficacy

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

People’s beliefs about their abilities have a profound effect on those abilities.

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

Even noteworthy performance attainments do not necessarily boost perceived self-efficacy