Self-percepts Foster Actions That Generate Information, As

One Cannot Afford To Be A Realist.

Most Of The Images Of Reality On Which We Base Our Actions Are Really Based On Vicarious Experience.

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.

Comparative Appraisals Of Efficacy Require Not Only Evaluation Of One;s Own Performances But Also Knowledge Of How Others Do, Cognizance Of Nonability Determinants Of Their Performances, And Some Understanding That It Is Others, Like Oneself, Who Provide The Most Informative Social Criterion For Comparison

[children] Receive Direct Instruction From Time To Time About The Appropriateness Of Various Social Comparisons