Chapter 17 TF Flashcards
Bandura’s social cognitive theory assumes that people have the capability to exercise some control over their lives.
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Compared with Skinner, Bandura has developed a much more cognitive theory.
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Bandura believes that chance plays a role in people’s environment and behavior
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Basic to Bandura’s social cognitive theory is the assumption that consistency of behavior is the outstanding characteristic of humans.
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Compared to Skinner, Bandura places more emphasis on observational learning.
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Bandura’s triadic reciprocal causation notion assumes that behavior is the product of two variables—heredity and environment.
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Most of our chance encounters have a significant and permanent impact on our personality.
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Bandura believes that personality is mostly the product of heredity.
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In Bandura’s triadic reciprocal causation hypothesis, all three factors typically make equal or nearly equal contributions to action.
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Chance encounters and fortuitous events enter the triadic reciprocal causation model at the point of behavior.
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The self-system makes personality extremely consistent and resistant to change.
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Bandura believes that all human behavior is ultimately the product of an aggressive drive.
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People’s belief that they can or cannot execute those behaviors necessary to produce desired outcomes is Bandura’s definition of disengagement.
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It is possible to have high efficacy and yet have low confidence that one’s actions will produce the desired results.
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Ordinarily, the strongest source of self-efficacy is mastery experiences.
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