People’s Beliefs About Their Abilities Have A

Gaining Insight Into One's Underlying Motives, It Seems, Is More Like A Belief Conversion Than A Self-discovery Process

To Grant Thought Causal Efficacy Is Not To Invoke A Disembodied Mental State

Self-belief Does Not Necessarily Ensure Success, But Self-disbelief Assuredly Spawns Failure.

People Who Hold A Low View Of Themselves [will Credit] Their Achievements To External Factors, Rather Than To Their Own Capabilities.

Stringent Standards Of Self-evaluation [can] Make Otherwise Objective Successes Seem To Be Personal Failures