Bandura: Social Cognitive Theory Flashcards
A perspective stating that humans have some limited ability to control their lives
Agentic perspective
The essence of humanness; that is, humans are defined by their ability to organize, regulate, and enact behaviors that they believe will produce desirable consequences
Human agency
(Human agency) Proactive commitment to actions that may bring about desired outcomes
Intentionality
(Human agency) The ability to set goals
Foresight
(Human agency) Includes people monitoring their progress toward fulfilling their choices
Self-reactiveness
(Human agency) Allows people to think about and evaluate their motives, values, and life goals
Self−reflectiveness
A model stating that human functioning is molded by the reciprocal interaction of behavior; person variables, including cognition; and environmental events
Reciprocal determinism
Suggests that the three factors in the reciprocal determinism model does not make equal contributions to behavior, it depends on which factor is strongest at any particular moment
Differential contributions
An unintended meeting of persons unfamiliar to each other
Chance encounters
An environmental experience that is unexpected and unintended
Fortuitous event
Gives some consistency to personality by allowing people to observe and symbolize their own behavior and to evaluate it on the basis of anticipated future consequences; includes self-efficacy and self-regulation
Self-system
People’s beliefs that they can or cannot exercise those behaviors necessary to bring about a desired consequence
Self-efficacy
People’s prediction of the likely consequences of their behavior
Outcome expectations
The conviction that one can successfully execute the behavior required to produce the outcomes
Efficacy expectations
The best predictors of successful behavior
High self−efficacy and a responsive environment
People exercise some partial control over everyday living; without this, modern people would be forced to spend most of their time securing the necessities of survival
Proxy agency
The level of confidence that people have that their combined efforts will produce social change
Collective efficacy
Arises from using reflective thought; humans can manipulate their environments and produce consequences of their actions
Self-regulation
Refers to the notion that self−regulatory influences are not automatic but operate only if activated; people react differently in different situations, depending on their evaluation of the situation
Selective activation
People are capable of separating themselves from the negative consequences of their behavior
Disengagement of internal control
More than simple imitation, it involves adding and subtracting from observed behavior
Modeling
(Process in observational learning) Noticing what a model does
Attention
(Process in observational learning) Symbolically representing new response patterns in memory
Representation
(Process in observational learning) Producing the behavior that one observes
Behavior production
(Process in observational learning) Observer must be motivated to perform the observed behavior
Motivation
All behavior is followed by some consequence, but whether that consequence reinforces the behavior depends on the person’s cognitive evaluation of the situation
Enactive learning
The goal of social cognitive therapy
Self-regulation
A technique aimed at diminishing phobias through relaxation
Systematic desensitization
