Perceived Self-inefficacy Predicts Avoidance Of Academic Activities

In The Self-appraisal Of Efficacy, There Are Many Sources Of Information That Must Be Processed And Weighed Through Self-referent Thought

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

Moral Justification Is A Powerful Disengagement Mechanism. Destructive Conduct Is Made Personally And Socially Acceptable By Portraying It In The Service Of Moral Ends. This Is Why Most Appeals Against Violent Means Usually Fall On Deaf Ears.

Freedom [should Not Be] Conceived Negatively As Exemption From Social Influences Or Situational Constraints. Rather...positively As The Exercise Of Self-influence To Bring About Desired Results.

Because Of Such Conjointedness, Behavior That Exerts No Effect Whatsoever On Outcomes Is Developed And Consistently Performed