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Most of the images of reality on which we base our actions are really based on vicarious experience.

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Albert Bandura
Age: 95 †
Born: 1925
Born: December 4
Died: 2021
Died: July 26
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People who hold a low view of themselves [will credit] their achievements to external factors, rather than to their own capabilities.
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