The Evaluative Habits Developed In Sibling Interactions

Success And Failure Are Largely Self-defined In Terms Of Personal Standards. The Higher The Self-standards, The More Likely Will Given Attainments Be Viewed As Failures, Regardless Of What Others Might Think.

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.

We Are More Heavily Invested In The Theories Of Failure Than We Are In The Theories Of Success.

If Self-efficacy Is Lacking, People Tend To Behave Ineffectually, Even Though They Know What To Do.

When Experience Contradicts Firmly Held Judgments Of Self-efficacy, People May Not Change Their Beliefs About Themselves If The Conditions Of Performance Are Such As To Lead Them To Discount The Import Of The Experience