It Is No More Informative To Speak

In Any Given Instance, Behavior Can Be Predicted Best By Considering Both Self-efficacy And Outcome Beliefs . . . Different Patterns Of Self-efficacy And Outcome Beliefs Are Likely To Produce Different Psychological Effects

People With High Assurance In Their Capabilities Approach Difficult Tasks As Challenges To Be Mastered Rather Than As Threats To Be Avoided.

Except For Events That Carry Great Weight, It Is Not Experience Per Se, But How They Match Expectations, That Governs Their Emotional Impact

Persons Who Have A Strong Sense Of Efficacy Deploy Their Attention And Effort To The Demands Of The Situation And Are Spurred By Obstacles To Greater Effort.

It Is Widely Assumed That Beliefs In Personal Determination Of Outcomes Create A Sense Of Efficacy And Power, Whereas Beliefs That Outcomes Occur Regardless Of What One Does Result In Apathy