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Persons who have a strong sense of efficacy deploy their attention and effort to the demands of the situation and are spurred by obstacles to greater effort.

Albert Bandura

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Albert Bandura
Age: 95 †
Born: 1925
Born: December 4
Died: 2021
Died: July 26
Psychologist
University Teacher
Attention
Deploy
Strong
Efficacy
Sense
Demands
Persons
Obstacles
Demand
Effort
Situation
Greater
Spurred

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