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Rebok, George W.; Offermann, Lynn R. – Gerontologist, 1983
Explores the utility of Bandura's self-efficacy theory for studying older adults' behavioral competencies in college. Expectations of personal efficacy are viewed as mediating mechanisms for predicting the initiation and persistence of educationally relevant behaviors. Theoretical issues related to the assessment of self-efficacy and performance…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Ability, Expectation

Mitchell, Terence R. – Journal of Management, 1982
Shows that attributions about the causes of another person's behavior are only moderately good predictors of behavior. Reviews a particular area, showing the effects of a leader's attributions about a subordinate's behavior on the leader's actions towards that subordinate. Other factors are as important in predicting behavior as attributions.…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Processes, Employer Attitudes
Tesser, Abraham; Campbell, Jennifer – 1982
This paper describes the self-evaluation maintenance model (SEM) which suggests that much social behavior can be understood by assuming that persons are motivated to maintain a positive self-evaluation. The two processes by which one's social circumstances may affect self-evaluation, i.e., reflection and comparison, are described. The relationship…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Individual Differences, Interpersonal Relationship, Literature Reviews