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When people are not aiming for anything in particular or when they cannot monitor their performance, there is little basis for translating perceived efficacy into appropriate magnitudes of effort

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Albert Bandura
Age: 95 †
Born: 1925
Born: December 4
Died: 2021
Died: July 26
Psychologist
University Teacher
Effort
Perceived
Cannot
Translate
Littles
Appropriate
Magnitudes
Anything
Performance
Translating
Little
Basis
Monitor
People
Bases
Aiming
Performances
Efficacy
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Magnitude

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