Albert Bandura: Social Cognitive Theory Flashcards
what was the chance encounter that led to albert bandura and ginny virginia meeting
a boring reading chore and a delayed tee-off time
what are the four basic assumptions of the social cognitive theory? (BANDURA)
- the outstanding characteristic of humans is plasticity
- through a triadic reciprocal causation model that includes behavioral, environment, and personal factors, people have the capacity to regulate their lives.
- social cognitive theory takes an agentic perspective, meaning that humans have the capacity to exercise control over the nature and quality of their lives.
- people regulate their conduct through both external and internal factors
what is observational learning? (BANDURA)
as the name suggests, by observing other people, humans
are spared countless responses that might be followed by punishment or by no reinforcement
what is modeling? (BANDURA)
modeling is the core of observational learning and involves symbolically representing information and storing it for use at a future time
what are the processes that govern observational learning? (BANDURA)
attention –> representation/retention —> behavioral production —–> motivation
what is enactive learning? (BANDURA)
Enactive learning allows people to acquire new patterns of complex behavior through direct experience by
thinking about and evaluating the consequences of their behaviors
This system assumes that human action is a result of an interaction among three variables—environment, behavior, and person (BANDURA)
triadic reciprocal causation
what is Bandura’s definition of a chance encounter?
an unintended meeting of persons unfamiliar to each other
this is an environmental experience that is unexpected and unintended (BANDURA)
fortuitous event
what is the essence of humanness?, according to Bandura
human agency
what does an agentic view of personality mean? (BANDURA)
this means that humans have the capacity to exercise control over their own lives
what are the core features of human agency? (BANDURA)
intentionality,
forethought,
self-reactiveness, self-reflectiveness
refers to people’s beliefs in their capability to exercise some measure of control over their own functioning and over environmental
events (BANDURA)
self efficacy
what does efficacy not refer to? (BANDURA)
efficacy does not refer to the ability to
execute basic motor skills
efficacy does
not imply that we can perform designated behaviors without anxiety, stress, or fear
judgments of efficacy are not the same as levels of aspiration
what contributes to self efficacy? (BANDURA)
(1) mastery experiences,
(2) social modeling, (3) social persuasion, and
(4) physical and emotional states
involves indirect control over those social conditions that affect everyday living (BANDURA)
proxy
people’s shared beliefs in their collective power to produce desired results (BANDURA)
collective efficacy
what is the second approach to collective efficacy? (BANDURA)
the second approach proposed by Bandura is to measure the confidence each
person has in the group’s ability to bring about a desired outcome
this allows us to evaluate our performances without comparing
them to the conduct of others (BANDURA)
personal standards
what are the three internal requirements in the ongoing exercise of self-influence (BANDURA)
(1) self-observation, (2) judgmental processes, and
(3) self-reaction.
what are the two aspects of moral agency? (BANDURA)
(1) doing no harm to people and
(2) proactively helping people
what is selective activation? (BANDURA)
this concept talks about when self-regulatory influences are not automatic but operate only if they are activated
with this concept, people can separate or disengage themselves from the consequences of their behavior (BANDURA)
disengagement of internal control
what are the three methods/techniques of redefinition of behavior? (BANDURA)
- moral justification
- palliative comparisons
- euphemistic labels
what are the four methods of avoiding responsibility? (BANDURA)
- redefinition of behavior
- distorting or obscuring the relationship between the behavior and its detrimental consequences
- dehumanizing
their victims or attributing blame to them - displace or
diffuse responsibility
occurs when people have the capacity to rely on others for
goods and services (BANDURA)
proxy agency
where are dysfunctional behaviors acquired from? (BANDURA)
the reciprocal interaction of environment, personal factors, and behavior
what does social cognitive therapy emphasize?
Social cognitive therapy emphasizes cognitive mediation, especially perceived self-efficacy
these are two important environmental factors that influence people’s lives in unplanned and unexpected ways. (BANDURA)
chance encounters and fortuitous events
this takes place when our responses produce consequences. (BANDURA)
enactive learning
