Those who have strong belief in their capabilities intensify their efforts when they fail to achieve what they seek and persist until they succeed. They abandon pursuit of the goal Others remain efficacious and aspiring but are discontent to motivate themselves to do better. Different self-regulatory systems govern the mobilization of motivation Human motivation relies on discrepance reduction and discrepancy production Proactive as well as reactive control People initially motivate themselves through proactive control by setting standards that create disequilibrium, they then mobilize their effort based on anticipatory estimation to reach those standards. In human activities, goal adjustments do not follow a neat pattern of ever rising standards. Three three ways in which self-efficacy beliefs affect the nature and intensity of emotional experiences.
People possess the capacity to manage their own thought processes.
Enjoyable avocational pursuits Humor tempers the sting of adversity Much human distress is self-inflicted by personal demands for accomplishment that are exceedingly difficult to fulfill. Socially efficacious people create more supportive environments for themselves. People are partly the products of their environments By selecting their environments, people can have a hand in what they become Any factor that influences choice of behavior can affect the direction of personal development Choices made during formative periods of life carry special weight because they initiate concatenating experiences that rete the prerequisites for desired futures. Chapters are still under construction.