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Social foundations of thought and action: a social cognitive theory

Book by Albert Bandura · 13 quotes · Self Efficacy, Efficacy, People

The book delves into the social cognitive theory, examining how social interactions and cognitive processes shape human behavior and thought. It investigates the role of observational learning, self-regulation, and the influence of social environments on individual actions.

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The book delves into the social cognitive theory, examining how social interactions and cognitive processes shape human behavior and thought. It investigates the role of observational learning, self-regulation, and the influence of social environments on individual actions.

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“Among the types of thoughts that affect action, none is more central or pervasive than people's judgments of their capabilities to deal effectively with different realities”

People Different Reality Action Deals Type Judgment Capability Self Efficacy Different Realities

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“People regulate their level and distribution of effort in accordance with the effects they expect their actions to have. As a result, their behavior is better predicted from their beliefs than from the actual consequences of their actions”

People Action Belief Levels Results Effort Effects Behavior Consequence Distribution Self Efficacy

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“When actions are followed by events that are not causally related to the prior acts, people often erroneously perceive contingencies that do not, in fact, exist”

People Facts Action Events Perceive Related Contingency Self Efficacy

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“Perceived self-efficacy in coping with potential threats leads people to approach such situations anxiously, and experience of disruptive arousal may further lower their sense of efficacy that they will be able to perform skillfully”

People May Self Able Situation Approach Threat Coping Efficacy Disruptive Self Efficacy Arousal Perceived Self

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“People are much more likely to act on their self-percepts of efficacy inferred from many sources of information rather than rely primarily on visceral cues. This is not surprising because self knowledge based on information about one's coping skills, past accomplishments, and social comparison is considerably more indicative of capability than the indefinite stirrings of the viscera”

People Self Past Social Information Source Skills Accomplishment Rely Comparison Capability Surprising Self Knowledge Coping Stirring Efficacy Visceral Self Efficacy

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“People judge their capabilities partly by comparing their performances with those of others”

People Judging Performances Compare Capability Self Efficacy

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“When people are not aiming for anything in particular or when they cannot monitor their performance, there is little basis for translating perceived efficacy into appropriate magnitudes of effort”

People Littles Effort Particular Performances Bases Appropriate Translate Magnitude Efficacy Self Efficacy

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“Self-appraisals of efficacy are reasonably accurate, but they diverge from action because people do not know fully what they will have to do, lack information for regulating their effort, or are hindered by external factors from doing what they can”

People Knows Self Action Effort Information Factors Accurate Efficacy Self Efficacy Appraisal

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“People who regard themselves as highly efficacious act, think, and feel differently from those who perceive themselves as inefficacious. They produce their own future, rather than simply foretell it.”

People Thinking Inspirational Feels Produce Regard Perceive Self Efficacy

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

People Thinking Understanding Reflection Gains Evaluate Self Efficacy

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“What people think, believe, and feel affects how they behave. The natural and extrinsic effects of their actions, in turn, partly determine their thought patterns and affective reactions.”

People Thinking Feels Believe Action Turns Natural Effects Patterns Determine Reactions Behave Self Efficacy

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“Psychology cannot tell people how they ought to live their lives. It can however, provide them with the means for effecting personal and social change.”

People Mean Social Psychology Ought Social Change

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“If self-efficacy is lacking, people tend to behave ineffectually, even though they know what to do.”

People Ifs Knows Self Behave Lacking Efficacy Self Efficacy

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