Quotes About Self-efficacy

We can accomplish almost anything within our ability if we but think we can.

He can who thinks he can, and he can't who thinks he can't. This is an inexorable, indisputable law.

Albert Bandura, a Stanford psychologist who has done much of the research on self-efficacy, sums it up well: "People's beliefs about their abilities have a profound effect on those abilities. Ability is not a fixed property; there is a huge variability in how you perform. People who have a sense of self-efficacy bounce back from failures; they approach things in terms of how to handle them rather than worrying about what can go wrong."24

Desarrollar algún tipo de habilidad fortalece la sensación de eficacia y predispone a asumir riesgos y problemas más difíciles. Y el hecho de superar estas dificultades aumenta a su vez la sensación de autoeficacia

las creencias de las personas sobre sus propias habilidades tienen un profundo efecto sobre éstas. La habilidad no es un atributo fijo sino que, en este sentido, existe una extraordinaria variabilidad. Las personas que se sienten eficaces se recuperan prontamente de los fracasos y no se preocupan tanto por el hecho de que las cosas puedan salir mal sino que se aproximan a ellas buscando el modo de manejarlas».

People's beliefs about their abilities have a profound effect on those abilities. Ability is not a fixed property; there is a huge variability in how you perform. People who have a sense of self-efficacy bounce back from failures; they approach things in terms of how to handle them rather than worrying about what can go wrong."24 FLOW:

To really boost your sense of self-efficacy, think of ways you could modify your usual tasks to suit your personal style.

If you think you can't do something, you probably won't. If, on the other hand, you think you can, odds are you will. The same is true with your problems. If you dwell on them, they will overwhelm you. But if you look for solutions, you will find some.

People's beliefs about their abilities have a profound effect on those abilities. Ability is not a fixed property; there is a huge variability in how you perform. People who have a sense of self-efficacy bounce back from failures; they approach things in terms of how to handle them rather than worrying about what can go wrong.

In order to succeed, people need a sense of self-efficacy, struggle together with resilience to meet the inevitable obstacles and inequities of life.

Toda persona que se sienta incompetente para aprender se sentirá superada por eso que tiene que aprender. Si el profesor no le transmite la fe que tiene en sus posibilidades ni su apoyo, ese alumno se irá bloqueando cada vez más. En esos momentos, lo que el profesor ha de lograr es que el alumno tenga la sensación de que controla algo. La sensación de que no se controla nada genera una profunda y dolorosa sensación de impotencia.