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In the self-appraisal of efficacy, there are many sources of information that must be processed and weighed through self-referent thought

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Albert Bandura
Age: 95 †
Born: 1925
Born: December 4
Died: 2021
Died: July 26
Psychologist
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Many people who gain recognition and fame shape their lives by overcoming seemingly insurmountable obstacles, only to be catapulted into new social realities over which they have less control and manage badly. Indeed, the annals of the famous and infamous are strewn with individuals who were both architects and victims of their life courses.
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One cannot afford to be a realist.
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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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Stringent standards of self-evaluation [can] make otherwise objective successes seem to be personal failures
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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.
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