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Albert Bandura · 2023
Sequence ladder
Narrative Intelligence sources live outside the figurative image sequence ladder. Adaptive placement applies to image sequences, not this reading library.
What this book knows
Human beings act as agents through self-efficacy beliefs, modeling, and self-regulation—not merely as responders to environmental reinforcement.
mind-and-cognition
Human agency operates principally through cognitive and other self-regulatory processes, advancing understanding of human capabilities beyond earlier debates about 'free will.'
VLA-6985DBF8-RC-019The uniqueness of humans resides in self-directing and self-transforming capacities: generative thought, symbolic communication, forethought, self-regulation, reflective self-consciousness.
VLA-6985DBF8-RC-036self-and-identity
Self-efficacy beliefs are not feelings of self-worth. People may possess robust efficacy beliefs for activities that contribute little to their sense of personal esteem.
VLA-6985DBF8-RC-063'There are moments I feel Taru is directly talking to me... She is telling me, Usha, you can follow your dreams.'
VLA-6985DBF8-RC-146education-and-formation
It would be exceedingly injudicious to rely on trial-and-error reinforcement in teaching children to swim or medical students to conduct surgical operations.
VLA-6985DBF8-RC-041Many believed they lacked capabilities to master literacy. Others believed reading could be acquired only when young, as the critical period was long gone.
VLA-6985DBF8-RC-147Illuminates
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Reader resonance signals for text sources are not wired to this view yet.