Albert Bandura

Learning is not just about acquiring knowledge; it's about developing the skills and beliefs to apply that knowledge effectively.

Moral disengagement allows individuals to commit atrocities without experiencing personal distress.

The social cognitive perspective emphasizes the agentic role of individuals in shaping their own lives.

Self-efficacy is a key determinant of human motivation, affect, and action.

The ability to learn from the successes and failures of others is a powerful adaptive mechanism.

People are not simply reactors to external stimuli; they are active agents who influence their own functioning and life circumstances.

The stronger the sense of collective efficacy, the greater the group's accomplishments.

Human behavior is not solely determined by internal drives or external forces; it is a product of their interaction.

The capacity for self-direction is a hallmark of human agency.

People's beliefs about their efficacy are developed by four main sources of influence: mastery experiences, vicarious experiences, social persuasions, and physiological and affective states.

Self-efficacy is the belief in one's capabilities to organize and execute the sources of information underlying task performance.

People who believe they have the power to exercise control over their lives are healthier, more effective, and more successful than those who lack faith in their ability.

Learning would be exceedingly laborious, not to mention hazardous, if people had to rely solely on the effects of their own actions to inform them what to do.

Moral disengagement is the process by which people rationalize their harmful actions to avoid self-condemnation.

In the theory of learning, reinforcement does not create behavior; it only shapes it.

Self-belief, also called self-efficacy, is the kind of feeling one has before one attempts to achieve a goal.

People's beliefs about their efficacy influence the types of anticipatory scenarios they construct and rehearse.

Most human behavior is learned observationally through modeling: by observing others one forms an idea of how new behaviors are performed.

Convictions that one can effect change by one's actions are the core of personal agency.

Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose - and to live by - one's commitments.