“The history of all times and nations teaches us that exactly in the naïve, unshakable belief, furnished by religion in active life of believers, originate the most intense motives for the most significant creative performance, not only in the field of arts and sciences but also in politics.” ArtBeliefNationsTeachCreativeAtheismFieldsPerformancesPositive AtheismActiveBelieverSignificantIntenseAll TimeMotiveArt And ScienceUnshakableActive Life Author:Max Planck
“The effects of outcome expectancies on performance motivation are partly governed by self-beliefs of efficacy” SelfMotivationBeliefEffectsPerformancesOutcomesEfficacyBelief In SelfExpectancySelf Efficacy Author:Albert Bandura
“Expected outcomes contribute to motivation independently of self-efficacy beliefs when outcomes are not completely controlled by quality of performance. This occurs when extraneous factors also affect outcomes, or outcomes are socially tied to a minimum level of performance so that some variations in quality of performance above and below the standard do not produce differential outcomes” SelfMotivationBeliefLevelsQualityProduceStandardsPerformancesExpectedFactorsOutcomesControlledTiedMinimumVariationEfficacySelf EfficacyAbove And Below Author:Albert Bandura
“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” PeopleIfsMaySelfBeliefConditionsJudgmentPerformancesImportsEfficacyDiscountsSelf Efficacy Author:Albert Bandura