The Human Condition Is Better Improved By

The Satisfactions People Derive From What They Do Are Determined To A Large Degree By Their Self-evaluative Standards

It Is Widely Assumed That Beliefs In Personal Determination Of Outcomes Create A Sense Of Efficacy And Power, Whereas Beliefs That Outcomes Occur Regardless Of What One Does Result In Apathy

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.

Gaining Insight Into One's Underlying Motives, It Seems, Is More Like A Belief Conversion Than A Self-discovery Process

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