Judgments Of Adequacy Involve Social Comparison Processes

Self-appraisals Are Influenced By Evaluative Reactions Of Others.

What People Think, Believe, And Feel Affects How They Behave. The Natural And Extrinsic Effects Of Their Actions, In Turn, Partly Determine Their Thought Patterns And Affective Reactions.

Except For Events That Carry Great Weight, It Is Not Experience Per Se, But How They Match Expectations, That Governs Their Emotional Impact

Coping With The Demands Of Everyday Life Would Be Exceedingly Trying If One Could Arrive At Solutions To Problems Only By Actually Performing Possible Options And Suffering The Consequences.

People Behave Agentically, But They Produce Theories That Afford People Very Little Agency.