Social and Contextual

Question 1

Social Cognitive Theory. Environment, personality and behavior influence one another while shaping learning. Reciprocal learning occurs with behavioral factors, personal factors and environmental factors. If we anticipate being reinforced for imitating the actions of a model, we may be more motivated to pay attention, remember, and reproduce the behaviors. Conducted the Bobo Doll Experiment.

Answer 1

Albert Bandura

Question 2

Focuses on social and cultural influences of lifetime development through eight stages including

• Basic trust v. Mistrust
• Autonomy v. Shame/doubt
• Initiative v. Guilt
• Industry v. Inferiority
• Identity v. Role Confusion
• Intimacy v. Isolation
• Generativity v. Stagnation
• Ego integrity v. Despair

Answer 2

Erik Erikson

Question 3

The diversity in knowledge levels are the best asset for learning, cooperation, trust, understanding and problem-solving.

Answer 3

Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger