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Self-efficacy beliefs differ from outcome expectations, judgments of the likely consequence [that] behavior will produce.

Albert Bandura

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Albert Bandura
Age: 95 †
Born: 1925
Born: December 4
Died: 2021
Died: July 26
Psychologist
University Teacher
Behavior
Judgments
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Outcome
Belief
Outcomes
Self
Beliefs
Likely
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Expectations
Efficacy
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