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Self Efficacy and Social Cognitive Theory
Self Efficacy and Social Cognitive Theory
Perceived level
Tasks of competence Performance
Treatment of phobias
Done by Bandura and colleagues
Albert Bandura
Social Learning Theory
Focused on learning from observing others
Vicarious Learning
learning by observing
others
Social cognitive theory states that there are three characteristics
that are unique to humans that sets them apart from other species.
These are:
Performance
Vicarious
Self-efficacy standards and
Consequences
moral conduct
Capable of
anticipating & Regulate and
appreciating guide behavior
the by visualizing the
consequences consequences of
of the behaviors our behavior
we observe
Learning can occur through
observation or sample rather
than solely by direct
reinforcement
behavior is controlled
or determined by the behavior is determined part of a system of
individual, through through the interaction interacting influences
cognitive processes, of behavioral, that affect not only
and by the cognitive and behavior but also the
environment, through environmental or various parts of the
external social situational variables system
stimulus events
Person
Environmental Behavior
Influences
Person
person attends to and accurately perceives
the models behavior
Environment
rewards and punishments, norms, access
in community, influence on others
Behavior
skills, practice, self efficacy
Consider a child begging her father for a second brownie, should the
father give the child?
Observational/Social
Operant Conditioning Classical Conditioning
Learning
Feist, J., & Feist, G. J. (2008). Theories of Personality (Seventh Edition ed.).
McGraw-Hill website: http://www.primisonline.com
Schultz, D. P., & Schultz, S. (2009). Theories of Personality (Tenth Edition ed.).
Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.