One Cannot Afford To Be

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

Perceived Self-efficacy Also Shapes Causal Thinking. In Seeking Solutions To Difficult Problems, Those Who Perceived Themselves As Highly Efficacious Are Inclined To Attribute Their Failures To Insufficient Effort, Whereas Those Of Comparable Skills But Lower Perceived Self-efficacy Ascribe Their Failures To Deficient Ability

Accurate Processing Of Information About Outcomes Is No Simple Task Under The Variable Conditions Of Everyday Life . . . Usually, Many Factors Enter Into Determining What Effects, If Any, Given Actions Will Have, Actions, Therefore, Produce Outcomes Probabilistically Rather Than Certainly. Depending On The Particular Conjunction Of Factors, The Same Course Of Action May Produce Given Outcomes Regularly, Occasionally, Or Only Infrequently

Even The Self-assured Will Raise Their Perceived Self-efficacy If Models Teach Them Better Ways Of Doing Things.

Many People Who Gain Recognition And Fame Shape Their Lives By Overcoming Seemingly Insurmountable Obstacles, Only To Be Catapulted Into New Social Realities Over Which They Have Less Control And Manage Badly. Indeed, The Annals Of The Famous And Infamous Are Strewn With Individuals Who Were Both Architects And Victims Of Their Life Courses.