Quotes about self
self reactions self-efficacy
Self-appraisals are influenced by evaluative reactions of others Albert Bandura
self social-behavior speak
It is no more informative to speak of self-efficacy in global terms than to speak of nonspecific social behavior
self achievement notable
Ironically, it is the talented who have high aspirations, which are possible but exceedingly difficult to realize, who are especially vulnerable to self-dissatisfaction despite notable achievements
self boost efficacy
Even noteworthy performance attainments do not necessarily boost perceived self-efficacy
self dysfunction problem
Dysfunctions can occur in each of the self-regulatory subfunctions-in how personal experiences are self-monitored and cognitively processed, in the evaluative self-standards that are adopted, and in the evaluative self-reactions to one's own behavior.. Problems at any one of these points can create self-dissatisfactions and dejection. dysfunctions in all aspects of the self system are most apt to produce the most chronic self-disparagement and despondency
self way efficacy
Even the self-assured will raise their perceived self-efficacy if models teach them better ways of doing things.
self demand may
Incongruities between self-efficacy and action may stem from misperceptions of task demands, as well as from faulty self-knowledge
self discrepancies-between tasks
Discrepancies between self-efficacy judgment and performance will arise when either the tasks or the circumstances under which they are performed are ambiguous
self information maintaining
Self-percepts foster actions that generate information, as well as serve as a filtering mechanism for self-referent information in the self-maintaining process
self people influence
Perceived self-efficacy influences the types of causal attributions people make for their performances
self people may
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
self people levels
For many activities, people cannot rely solely on themselves in evaluating their ability level because such judgments require inferences from probabilistic indicants of talent about which they may have limited knowledge. Self-appraisals are, therefore, partly based on the opinions of others who presumably possess evaluative competence
self people degrees
The satisfactions people derive from what they do are determined to a large degree by their self-evaluative standards
self expectations outcomes
Self-efficacy beliefs differ from outcome expectations, judgments of the likely consequence [that] behavior will produce.
self psychological domain
Measures of self-precept must be tailored to the domain of psychological functioning being explored.
self information efficacy
In the self-appraisal of efficacy, there are many sources of information that must be processed and weighed through self-referent thought
self people effort
Self-appraisals of efficacy are reasonably accurate, but they diverge from action because people do not know fully what they will have to do, lack information for regulating their effort, or are hindered by external factors from doing what they can
self different patterns
In any given instance, behavior can be predicted best by considering both self-efficacy and outcome beliefs . . . different patterns of self-efficacy and outcome beliefs are likely to produce different psychological effects
self people coping
Indeed there are many competent people who are plagued by a sense of inefficacy, and many less competent ones who remain unperturbed by impending threats because they are self-assured of their coping capabilities
self information influence
[Attributional] factors serve as conveyors of efficacy information that influence performance largely through their intervening effects on self-percepts of efficacy
self textbooks tools
The content of most textbooks is perishable, but the tools of self-directedness serve one well over time.
self skills doubt
Self-doubt creates the impetus for learning but hinders adept use of previously established skills
self doe belief
Self-belief does not necessarily ensure success, but self-disbelief assuredly spawns failure.
self doe sake
Like all predatory or parasitic institutions, the state's first instinct is that of self-preservati on. All its enterprises are directed first towards preserving its own life, and, second, towards increasing its own power and enlarging the scope of its own activity. For the sake of this it will, and regularly does, commit any crime which circumstances make expedient. Albert J. Nock
self imagination worry
The great majority of the things we now make ourselves panicked about are self-created 'dangers' that exist almost entirely in our own imaginations. Albert Ellis
self despair disease
God put self-pity by the side of despair like the cure by the side of the disease. Albert Camus
self order people
For instance, I never complained that my birthday was overlooked; people were even surprised, with a touch of admiration, by my discretion on this subject. But the reason for my disinterestedness was even more discreet: I longed to be forgotten in order to be able to complain to myself... Once my solitude was thoroughly proved, I could surrender to the charms of a virile self-pity.
self water trying
For if I try to seize this self of which I feel sure, if I try to define and to summarize it, it is nothing but water slipping through my fingers.
self giving solitude
Do not be afraid of spending quality time by yourself. Find meaning or don’t find meaning but “steal” some time and give it freely and exclusively to your own self. Opt for privacy and solitude. That doesn’t make you antisocial or cause you to reject the rest of the world. But you need to breathe. And you need to be.
self ugly obsessed
You become really ugly when you become very superficial and self-obsessed. Annie Lennox
self doe world
The painter... does not fit the paints to the world. He most certainly does not fit the world to himself. He fits himself to the paint. The self is the servant who bears the paintbox and its inherited contents. Annie Dillard
self giving pages
[T]he ways in which the information we give off about our selves, in photos and e-mails and MySpace pages and all the rest of it, has dramatically increased our social visibility and made it easier for us to find each other but also to be scrutinized in public. Clay Shirky
self rose vision
The rose does not have a why; it blossums without reason, forgetful of self and oblivious to our vision. Angelus Silesius