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“Self-efficacy beliefs differ from outcome expectations, judgments of the likely consequence [that] behavior will produce.”

Self Belief Produce Behavior Judgment Expectations Consequence Outcomes Efficacy Self Efficacy

Author:Albert Bandura

“Rational behavior ... depends upon a ceaseless flow of data from the environment. It depends upon the power of the individual to predict, with at least a fair success, the outcome of his own actions. To do this, he must be able to predict how the environment will respond to his acts. Sanity, itself, thus hinges on man's ability to predict his immediate, personal future on the basis of information fed him by the environment.”

Men Able Action Individual Ability Environment Information Depends Future Behavior Fairs Flow Bases Rational Data Outcomes Feds Sanity Hinges

Book:future shock

Source: future shock

“There are for man only two principles available for a mental grasp of reality, namely, those of teleology and causality. What cannot be brought under either of these categories is absolutely hidden to the human mind. An event not open to an interpretation by one of these two principles is for man inconceivable and mysterious. Change can be conceived as the outcome either of the operation of mechanistic causality or of purposeful behavior; for the human mind there is no third way available.”

“Superstition is the irrational belief that an object or behavior has the power to influence an outcome, when there's no logical connection between them. Most of us aren't superstitious - but most of us are a 'littlestitious.'”

Belief Influence Objects Behavior Connections Outcomes Logical Superstitions Irrational Superstitious Authentic Happiness Irrational Beliefs

Author:Gretchen Rubin

“The difficulty in judging what type of behavior works well arises not only because a given course of action does not always produce the outcomes. Similar outcomes can occur for reasons other than the person's actions, which further complicates inferential judgment. Effects that arise independently of one's actions distort the influence of similar effects produced by the actions, but only on some occasions. Given a strong cognitive set to perceive regularities, even chance joint occurrences of events can be easily misjudged as genuine relationships of low contingent probability”

“Because of such conjointedness, behavior that exerts no effect whatsoever on outcomes is developed and consistently performed”

Effects Behavior Outcomes Consistently Self Efficacy

Book:Social foundations of thought and action: a social cognitive theory

Source: Social foundations of thought and action: a social cognitive theory

“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”

Different Self Belief Given Effects Produce Behavior Patterns Psychological Instance Outcomes Considering Efficacy Self Efficacy

Author:Albert Bandura

“While no one wishes to incur losses, you couldn't prove it from an examination of the behavior of most investors and speculators. The speculative urge that lies within most of us is strong; the prospect of a free lunch can be compelling, especially when others have already seemingly partaken. It can be hard to concentrate on potential losses while others are greedily reaching for gains and your broker is on the phone offering shares in the latest "hot" initial public offering. Yet the avoidance of loss is the surest way to ensure a profitable outcome.”

“Sustaining silence and circumspection are two behaviors that lead to better, healthier outcomes. They are powerful without dominating.”

Two Powerful Silence Behavior Outcomes Sustaining Dominating Circumspection

Author:Judith Orloff

“When there's a good fit between skills and expectations, there's what we call compatibility, and we would expect a good outcome. When there's a poor fit between expectations and the capacity of the kid, there is incompatibility, and that's when we see people exhibit challenging behavior.”

People Kids Challenges Poor Fit Skills Behavior Expectations Capacity Outcomes Exhibits Compatibility Incompatibility

Author:Ross W. Greene

“The link between rational individual behavior and collectively desirable outcomes is extremely tenuous.”

Individual Behavior Rational Outcomes Links Desirable

Author:Robert H. Frank

“Behavior is the outcome of the battle among internal systems.”

Battle Behavior Outcomes Internals

Author:David Eagleman